ANOTHER TIP FOR YOU

Read what i found for quilting
I wanted to hold the layers of a quilt together that i have just started to create but had no quilting pins or anything strong enough to hold them. Now what should i do? MMMM Think..
Flash of light in the brain cell and i headed for the wardrobe.
There hanging on the rod were several empty "skirt " hangers, Those kind with the spring pegs on them. Just what i needed. I grabbed half a dozen and headed back to the quilt. Perfect. The spring on these are strong enough to hold the layers with ease and i can move them along the bar to get the spaceing.
I checked out one of them and realised that if i removed them from the bar totaly then they broke, BUT. If i took the time to cut the bar that goes beteween the spring clips just past the peg and used an old knife that was hot then i could melt the edge to make a lip it would stop the spring peg sliding off.
tomorrow i am heading into town to see if i can beg a few more of these type hangers and so save me a pile of money.
They are also a nice large size to handle and not loose them so easily.
I also use the spring hair slides to hold lace in place around napkins and pillowcases . Much better than pins as there is no risk of catching my finger and getting blood onto the item.
annie in the UK