I pin it however I feel like pinning it and whatever works best for what I'm pinning. If I have quite a bit of fabric and can pin it with the point toward the edge I do, but I've been known to make them follow the edge, be diagonal, even not to pin at all. Really whatever suits the job best is what I do. :)
I pin the way I am moving...if it a stretchy fabric I pin pointing in toward the middle of the fabric. But in general I pin however my brain does it on auto pilot.
I'm not at all handy with fabrics. In fact, the most I used my mom's sewing machine was to pretend I was a futuristic race car driver!
But my mama was an amazing dress maker, and she always said to pin horizontally. Though it might have had something to do with a squirmy 4 year old being fitted more than anything, now that I think about it...
I usually pin with them running along the edge, but I also have no formal sewing training! My grandmother taught me how to use the basics on a machine, and everything else I just make up as I go! But so far it's worked for whatever I've needed.
I do both. I think it depends on the thickness on the project I am working on. I do what feels right to me. But most of the time it is the way on the right. LOL!
I pin it however I feel like pinning it and whatever works best for what I'm pinning. If I have quite a bit of fabric and can pin it with the point toward the edge I do, but I've been known to make them follow the edge, be diagonal, even not to pin at all. Really whatever suits the job best is what I do. :)
ReplyDeleteI pin the way I am moving...if it a stretchy fabric I pin pointing in toward the middle of the fabric. But in general I pin however my brain does it on auto pilot.
ReplyDeleteI'm not at all handy with fabrics. In fact, the most I used my mom's sewing machine was to pretend I was a futuristic race car driver!
ReplyDeleteBut my mama was an amazing dress maker, and she always said to pin horizontally. Though it might have had something to do with a squirmy 4 year old being fitted more than anything, now that I think about it...
I usually pin with them running along the edge, but I also have no formal sewing training! My grandmother taught me how to use the basics on a machine, and everything else I just make up as I go! But so far it's worked for whatever I've needed.
ReplyDeleteI do both. I think it depends on the thickness on the project I am working on. I do what feels right to me. But most of the time it is the way on the right. LOL!
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