Painted lace sounds fascinating

This is how I use pins, except for when I'm trying a garment for fit; then I find that pinning down the seamline is more accurate. I'm pretty sure there's no bent ones in my pile, I keep mine in a magnetic keeper and if I find a bent one it gets biffed; the same with any with burrs on them. I'd rather buy more pins.

I'll be making my sons new T-shirts in cool fabric from my stash.

I have 2 boys, both school age, but plenty of friends with babies and toddlers.