We were recently introduced by our dear mom to bed skirt pins - corkscrew shaped tools used to (you guessed it) hold your bed skirt in place. At first the idea seemed a bit too Martha Stewart...
Bed Skirt Pins
who we love by the way, but sometimes takes things about five unnecessary steps too far. Now back at the homestead, though, we can't help but notice how our simple bed skirt sags a bit here and is a little off center there. This glowing review didn't help either, and now we're wondering if bed skirt pins are one of the keys to a sharp-dressed bed. What say you? Is this another piece of unnecessary plastic or a most helpful tool for the bedroom? How many of you are hearing of bed skirt pins for the first time here?
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Never heard of these before---
---but if you must, why not just use the pins out of the new dress shirts you just bought at the store?
view bepsf's profile
Take short sewing pins, add a little twist with pliers, and you are good to go. And, yes, pinning is a very good thing.
view stellato's profile
I have used these and they are fantastic!
Funny story -- I recently moved, and forgot that these screw in, so I was ripping them up and trying to pull them out -- sooo hard to do! The trick was remembering to unscrew, not just yank -- then they came out easily!
view tshops's profile
I bought a gorgeous bed set from Yves Delorme and the bedskirt was just that - a skirt. Less than two feet high and long enough to reach around three sides of the bed. The only way to attach it to the bed was to use these corkscrews that were included with the bedskirt. It was a pain to put on, but it didn't go anywhere after it was "installed".
view LilyC's profile
I thought they were upholstery pins? My mom always used to have it on her furniture back in the 70s.
view suzy8track's profile
maybe i am missing something. what are we corkscrewing them into?
view puck's profile
We're screwing them into the mattress.
view chartreuse's profile
Scratch that; box springs. We're screwing them through the bed skirt into the box springs and topping with the mattress.
view chartreuse's profile
Huh, so what do you do if you don't use a box spring?
view brittanykate's profile
these are totally upholstery pins... and I really need them for my sloppy bedskirt.
I'll have to stop by the fabric store and pick some up. Genius idea!
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