Discussions regarding different ways to hold materials together during the construction process tend to come up from time to time. I happen to have some issues with straight pins for some reason, either sticking myself, they fall out, the get stuck in other things (like material....or flesh) or it's just a pain to pin. I have had marginal luck with glues and double sided fabric tape.
One solution I searched the board for but didn't see is the Clam Clip. It has become my secret weapon in the war against unruly and misbehaved fabric.
It consists of a dispenser and a small metal clip similar to the ubiquitous black binder clip.
The dispenser(#1) has a mouth (#2), a 8 clip magazine and a magazine feed at the end (#3).
To use you simply insert your material into the mouth and slide the trigger forward which opens a clip and pushes it out of the mouth clipping your material (#4-7)
Side view of a clip on a simple hem.(#8)
As far as holding power goes it is suspending 5 CAMP carbiners (#9) so it does stay in place even when flipping fabric around and folding but will easily slide off when sewing and the slim profile keeps it from grabbing things around it.
As I said, from a design point of view it works the same as the binder clip just a slimmer profile and slightly stronger bite ( an equivalent mini-binder only held 3 CAMP carbiners)
Just another option....
You should be able to find them at your finer office supply stores or online.
Link goes to Office Depot. http://cdn.www.officedepot.com/a/pro...penser-Medium/
Different dispenser but the concept is the same....
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Originally Posted by Balthazar
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