Quilt souvenir pins...do you collect?


Do any of you collect quilt pins?  I love to find them at shows, quilt stores, stash dashes, etc.  I have also been gifted some nice quilt pins and charms.



I want to do something special with them, but something that also allows space for more collecting.

And then, how to support the weight of all of them?  Do I keep those pinch clips on the back?  If I used a corked background I could just stick them in and store the backs somewhere else.

I also have some brass, 6-inch bell pull hardware.  Maybe I could make a long slender quilted or unquilted fabric piece to fit.  The heavy, bottom, second brass piece would keep the 6-inch strip from twisting and warping.

Then I poked around Pinterest for ideas.

Nancy Zieman suggested a bag.

I like the simplicity of the banners.



Doing a covered cork background in an antique mirror or picture frame is also a good idea.



Hey!  Finally a good thing to do with plastic canvas!



Another banner...



Another mirror frame...



A lamp shade is a clever idea...it would have to be a really sturdy lamp shade, though.



Hooping some quilted fabric...



And another frame idea...



I know some people pin them on their quilt guild fabric name tags or the straps for their name tags that hang around their necks.  I have tried that when I had fewer pins, but now my collection is too large for that, and it makes my name to hard to see and read.

I have trouble reading other people's names through their pins.

It is funny...most of the pin storage ideas I found involved Disney pin collecting.

Have you done something with your pins, if you collect?  I would love some ideas...

In stitches,
Teresa   :o)

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