Safety Pinning Backing to Zippers

[kbaumbusch 5]

Hi, I bought some honking big curved safety pins to pin my backing to my zippers.  However, when I unrolled it this morning the backing had big pin creases in it.  Questions:

1.  How far apart do you pin them? 

2.  Also, what size safety pin is best?

3.  I pinned the backing with the fabric on top of the zipper tape.  Would it help if I pinned the backing with the zipper tape on top of the backing fabric?  Hope this question makes sense.

Thanks, everyone!

Kathy Baumbusch

[Sharon Deming 144]

Hi Kathy, I think your concerns about "pin creases" can be eliminated by using smaller pins. If I know I will be unzipping and re-zipping my quilt, I will use the 1" bent safety pins - and pin the backing to the zipper tape. For normal quilting projects, I use straight flower-head pins. Whether the backing fabric raw edge lines up with the edge of the zipper tape or the teeth is a matter of preference and ease of pinning, just get the pins close enough together to reduce / distribute the stress on the fabric.

Blessings!

[kbaumbusch 5]

Sharon, thank you - I was thinking big pins would be faster but didn't count on the huge creases. How far apart do you pin?

 

Thanks again,

 

Kathy B.

[LisaC 569]

Kathy, Check out Myrna Ficken's video on  How to Load a quilt. She talks about pinning distances. She uses straight pins, but the same applies to any type of pinning. She has great tips.

CLICK ON THE BLUE BOX THAT SAYS Watch on Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/208875744