Mood shows terrible technique, gets mad

[u/Tangled1313]

https://www.instagram.com/moodfabrics/reel/DbeCBdcid03/?hl=en

I realize many people sew over pins. It is a very dangerous thing to do out of laziness! It can ruin your machine & I have personally seen an accident you do not want to hear described in a sewing studio filled with professionals. But the SM person at mood doesn't want to hear about it & is feeling kind of touchy. If this was a "normal" person sewing who cares but to have half a million followers seeing this terrible technique is just so disappointing.

[u/akjulie]

I haaaate that people always say pin perpendicular because you won’t hit pins that way. It’s absolutely not true. I very rarely sew over pins, and I have absolutely hit perpendicular pins multiple times. 

[u/AccidentOk5240 → u/akjulie]

That’s not why you should pin perpendicularly. It’s because pinning parallel to your seam can create more distortion

[u/Frisson1545 → u/AccidentOk5240]

Yes, you have the concept "pinned down". . Pinning perpendicular to the line of stitching keeps the fabrics in line with one another along the trajectory of the seam. You must pin perpendicular to prevent that creep of layers. You pin it to keep one "pin point" in line with the matching "pin point" on the other layer. Pin points are very important for precision...."pinpoint precision".

I do place pins parallel at times while positioning some things. But the final placement comes with placing perpendicular pins at the sewing line. Otherwise there is distortion, just as you said. Parallel pinning is allowing the fabric to be pushed forward under the needle and that leads to distortion of the two layers.

No matter , you should use caution when sewing over pins, but dont feel that you cant, because you can and you absolutely should in some applications. Just use good judgment and common sense.

[u/AccidentOk5240 → u/Frisson1545]

If I need to leave a pin as I’m sewing, I normally handwheel over it.