Fork Pins 240 — Clover #6 are the two-pronged pins that end fabric rotation — twin fine points that lock alignment for binding, appliqué, and matched seams, in a 240-count studio supply.
Product Details
- Design: Two fine parallel points per pin — fabric can't pivot around a single shaft
- Count: 240 pins — roughly two to three full queen bindings at 3" spacing per restock
- Best for: Hand-stitching binding to the quilt back, appliqué placement, curved and matched-point seams
- Machine note: Hand-work pins — remove before a machine needle reaches them
- Quality: Clover fine points — minimal holes; test on delicate weaves
Frequently Asked Questions
- What does the second prong actually fix?
- Rotation — fabric pinned at one point spins around it as the hand works, and a binding fold that rotates between stitches goes wavy. Two points make the hold rigid: the fold stays exactly where it was pinned through every stitch.
- Why is binding the signature use?
- Hand-finishing binding is hours of stitching against a folded edge — the fork pin holds fold and backing as one unit, which is why binding hand-finishers convert to forks and don't return.
- The seam-matching trick?
- A fork pin straddling a matched seam intersection locks both sides of the match — the points land either side of the join, holding alignment single pins let drift.
- 240 — why so many?
- Binding consumes pins — 90–120 per queen at close spacing — and forks migrate to appliqué and piecing once owned; the large count is sized to how they actually get used.
- Handling note?
- Two points means twice the stab surface in a pin bowl — magnetic holders and pincushions earn their keep here.
