6 smart ways to use clasp pins

In the old days they were used to secure baby cloth diapers and keep them securely in place. Over the years, however, clasp pins seem to have been forgotten at the bottom of sewing drawers, not being of much use in people’s daily lives. To rescue them from limbo, check out these suggestions on how to use them to make some everyday tasks easier.

1 – Socks without pair, never again

Few things are as irritating as opening your sock drawer and not finding even a pair of them. Something happens between the moment the socks are put in the drawer and the moment you need to wear them. Maybe they escape to a parallel reality, maybe they disguise themselves, science still hasn’t been able to explain. The fact is that securing them with a pin with a clasp is a practical solution to avoid this annoyance.

2 – Keep the blinds completely closed

No matter how much you’ve invested in it, your curtain will always let a small beam of light into the gap formed between the two sides. You can use force, the “jeitinho”, nothing will make it remain completely closed. Nothing but a clasp pin. Simple, inexpensive, and extremely effective.

3 – Sofa covers were made to stay on the sofa

Many people have been through this disappointment: after falling in love with a particular cover or blanket for the sofa, they realized that they simply insist on leaving the place, even if the furniture is hardly used. To keep them firm and fulfilling their function of decoration, use the pins, attaching the fabric of the cover or blanket to the fabric of the sofa itself.

4 – Clothespins

To eliminate the marks left on the fabric by conventional clothespins, how about using pins to hang them on the clothesline? Especially with thinner fabrics, swapping can be an effective way to keep them from going bad over time. The pin works as well as a clothespin, with the advantage of preserving the piece.

5 – Improvising a key ring

You can look at the safety pin as a stopgap measure, until you get a real keyring. However, there are so many options for beautiful pins in sewing supply stores that you may just give up on replacing them later. Using the pin as a key ring is a great solution to avoid losing keys that you use everyday or even those that are used more rarely, such as windows that you don’t usually open often, for example.

6 – Protection against theft of bags and backpacks

Attaching the zippers of your bags and backpacks to their fabric with the help of a pin makes it difficult for pickpockets, for example. When riding the bus or subway, you often don’t realize someone is going through your belongings. If the zipper is stuck to the fabric, criminals will have a harder time opening them without you noticing. This simple measure can save your wallet, your cell phone, and many other valuables that you usually carry with you.