Clover Wonder Clips Pkg of 50, Red

I use these for sewing and piecing together knitting. They’re fantastic, durable, easy to use. Faster than pinning sometimes

I saw these in a national retail box store for $49 and thought there had to be a cheaper alternative, so I turned to Amazon and found them for just under $12. As soon as they arrived I tore open the package and set to work on my latest quilt. These are excellent for holding sets of fabric together rather then pinning everything. When I am quilting I like to lay everything out after I have cut all my pieces. I then use the clips to keep the pieces in the appropriate pile so I can just grab the next one and sew them together. They also work great when basting or adding the border/binding. However, while the price was great I have to say that like some others have posted not all my clips are functional. Right out of the box I had 5 that had no tension at all with a few of those having the metal clip wobbling loosely. After using them only twice I am now down another 3 that will no longer hold tension. With 16% of the product already worthless it seems to me that I should expect several more to fail before too long and probably should not expect to have them all last more then a few years. That is a bit disheartening. I understand nothing last forever and anything using tension as a method of holding is bound to have some loosening over time, to have 15%+ fail within a day or two is not at all acceptable. Even with that though this is still a fairly good product that DOES make my time at the sewing machine much easier. I would rather slide a clip off rather than undoingsafety pins or sticking myself every few minutes with a straight pin.

Ive recently taken up sewing as a hobby again and I was browsing the Amazon best selling list of sewing notions and came across the Cover Wonder Clips. These are such an improvement over pins in putting together an outfit. Not only do I not have to worry about the hazard of pins falling out and laying in wait on the floor for an unsuspecting foot but I also can avoid the pinpricks that so often result in my fingers. I just finished putting in a waistband in a skirt and it was so much quicker to just clip the material than to spend time putting in pins. The Clover Wonder Clips have been the best new notion that I have found so far and deserve all the five star ratings.

I bought these from Amazon after my sister raved about them, and a pack of ten at JoAnns was crazy expensive. They cant be used in place of pins in every situation, but for many they are wonderful. I use them when I serge almost exclusively; pins can hurt and the serger knives dont like them at all. These just fly by the knives and needles. I also have the larger ones, but these are the most all purpose. My sister sews on leather, and they hold very securely. After she told me about them, I tried to cheap out and use plastic clothespins--what a mistake. They dont hold strongly enough, and are not as precise. These clips get right up to the seamline and hold securely. JoAnns has a pack of ten for $6.99 online ($10 in the store) and a pack of 50, like these from Amazon, is $32.99 online. I paid $11.99, plus shipping. 5 stars is what they rate!

These clips can be used for any project where multiple layers need to be held together. They are great for replacing pins, binder clips, or any other method previously used. No need to worry about pins falling out when there are too many layers of fabric. No need to worry about getting stuck by pins. No need to worry about binder clips catching on fabric or your machine. No need to worry about these clips distorting your fabric the way pins often can. Also great for textiles that pins would damage such as leather, vinyl, waxed/coated fabrics. These clips are flat on the underside so they feed very evenly and nicely up to the presser foot of your machine. They are also available in a jumbo size when you are working on very thick projects, though I find these regular ones work for most. They are much easier and quicker to adjust than pins/binder clips and saving time is always a plus! Some uses: - Holding together multiple layers of quilts - Holding binding, piping, zippers, velcro, and other trims to any project (quilts, pillows, potholders, clothing, etc) - Holding together multiple layers of any type of bag (handbag, storage container, etc) - Fastening together fabric lining to a knit/crochet item (bag, skirt, etc) - Clipping / holding fabric out of the way when embroidering a large piece

Compared to other brands, the quality of Wonder Clips is obvious. If you want to go cheap, use old wooden clothespins. But if you are a legitimate quilter, you wont waste your time on cheap knock-offs.

These little clips are very sturdy and strong. But they are tiny so I would not recommend for the edge of a quilt. I am using them for English paper piecing hexagons together.

I love these Wonder Clips and not just for my sewing projects! These are so strong and handy I find uses for them all over the home. I especially like them for their intended use in the sewing room as after years of sewing I was really tired of always getting stuck with the pins that held my projects together. I used lots of them to hold the edges of some fleece together for a blanket for our grandaughter, normal pins would disappear in the nap and I always ended up finding them when they would imbed themselves in my arm as I would fold the completed blanket up after I finished sewing it together, not so with the clips, you remove them as you come to them as you are sewing the seam. I also love that you are left with no pin holes in finer fabrics, I was finding that even the thinnest tiniest pins would leave holes in some of the finer fabrics, well no more, the clips go in the seam allowance and dont stab my arms as they make their way up to the presser foot of my machine. The price for these on Amazon is fantastic! I had bought two of the ten packs at the store and paid more for those 20 clips than I did for this pack here and got more than twice as many in this pack, even using a coupon at the store Amazon was less expensive!

I have not used a pin since I bought these. I loved them so much that I ordered two more sets. They make holding seams in place so much easier than pins, and Ive never been very good at matching seams before. Theyre easy to use and also prevent accidentally sewing over pins, because theres no way you dont notice them as they approach the needle. I was worried that they couldnt hold tightly enough. I was wrong. Ive had no slippage. Edited to add: Since I bought these and used them myself, I ordered more for gifts to send to sewing friends. But theirs werent as nice as mine. I just found out, 12/12/2014, that some Amazon vendors are selling counterfeit products with almost exactly the same packaging. Clovers website: http://www.clover-usa.com/ shows an announcement that gets you to this pdf file: http://clovercatalog.com/wc/wc.pdf That is how you tell if you have the real ones or the knock-offs. I find myself wondering if the low star reviewers had the real product or the counterfeit clips? Mine are great, but the ones I gave my friends are crap. This really needs to get fixed.

I had one set of Clover clips, really needed more. They are great to use for holding the binding as you sew. Not cheap, but also not cheaply made. Great quality item. Highly recommend Clover products.