I’ve been working on a project left behind by a friend. The quilt has prairie points on the outer edge. I am trying to figure out what she wanted so I can pass it on to her daughter. Prairie points pointing in the quilt or pointing out beyond the edge of the quilt? I’ll see which looks best before I add the binding. The OOPS! She had the prairie points left in place with pins. I’ve had the quilt a couple years and I don’t know how long the pins have been in the fabric before I received it to finish. And look what happened…

YES, the pins rusted in the fabric. I am having to scratch off the rust to get the pin out of the prairie points. In some places, I’ve had to force the pins out of the fabric. Here is just a few I’ve taken out so far. In the trash they will go. I won’t just toss them in the trash. I will wrap them up so no one will get stabbed by them, just to be safe.

And….what is left behind….RUST

I will do my best to remove the rust from the fabric. Fortunately, many of the spots look like gold flecks that are similar to other fabrics in the quilt. I’ll have to give a report on the progress at a later time.

#1 – Do NOT leave pins in your projects/fabric. Same goes for needles!

#2 – When throwing away any sharp items (pins, needles, rotary blades, etc.) wrap them up, put them in an old plastic container or tape them to cardboard to cover the sharp points and edges. (This was a must when I lived in Egypt. Our trash was sorted by locals…recyclables from garbage. I always protected any sharp edges. I didn’t want anyone to get hurt.) Even here I’m careful. How many times have you pushed down items to get more into a bag? Care, always!

in quilting,

Debbie