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How to Pin a Seam

By Debbie Colgrove, About.com

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Placing Pins

Pin Placement

Debbie Colgrove, Licensed to About.com
Place pins perpendicular to the raw edge of the fabric, keeping the pins further back than where the seam stitching will be when the seam is sewn. Do not sew over pins!

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