Sew Mama Sew is asking for posts to highlight sewists fav tools and techniques and will be featuring these on their blog at the end of May. I chose to accept this challenge, with my low tech, tool of choice.
My homage to the humble Safety Pin.
You can do so many things with them
Pin baste a quilt for sewing, so you don't get stabbed...
Gather stuff you don't want to lose...
Pin to create a tube, stitch then...
push pin through to turn to right side by scrunching the pin through to opening
Use it as a pin back for a pretty rose...
Take a cute couple's pic...
and make a simple way to create a wall hanging for the wall...
And not shown, is a pic of me pinning my pants instead of sewing on the button that popped off because I won't lay off of baking and eating!!
Walter Hunt had no trouble thinking up new ideas. First he invented a machine to spin flax. Then he invented a fire engine gong, a forest saw, a stove that burned hard coal. His inventions worked, but he just did not have the knack for making money from them. One day in 1849 Walter Hunt wanted to pay a fifteen-dollar debt to a friend. So he decided to invent something new.
From a piece of brass wire about eight inches long, coiled at the center and shielded at one end, he made the first safety pin. He took out a patent on his invention, sold the rights to it for four hundred dollars, paid his friend back and had three hundred eighty-five dollars to spare. Then he watched his latest brainstorm go on to become a million dollar money earner for someone else.
There is a moral here I am sure...
As a Home Ec teacher, my classroom was the one room in the whole school that a student could find security in knowing we kept a large tin of safety pins. Probably had someone stop almost every day, as there are mulitple reasons to need one.
**Check back my regular readers, as I will be continuing my posts on my Quest, part 2 and Thrift Pile Recycles Tuts. See you soon!**
So Sew Mama Sew, add me to your Fav's list of Fav Tools!
3 comments:
Interesting history on the safety pin. I never think about who came up with some things. Thanks for sharing :)
Thanks Jess, I tried to come up with a tool you might take for granted...it's lame, but anything for a contest!
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