Sewing clips look similar to small plastic hair clips with a flat grip to hold a few layers of fabric.They’re designed to easily spring open & closed while still securely holding fabric as you sew
Flat base, to keep your project flat on a sewing machine & for easy feed.
The features that make them useful!
Bright colors so they don’t get lostDifferent sizes to suit your project.
The first & most well-known brand of sewing clips wasClover’s Wonder Clips
They hold multiple layers of fabric. Highly preferred over pins working with silk, vinyl, leather. I use them all the time for quilt binding.
Are sewing clips better than pins?
They each have their own unique benefits that make them better suited for certain tasks than others.
Easier to useSafer than pinsStronger HoldNo piercing so no damage
Their large size makes them good to work with, but makes them bulky to store. Because they’re plastic and bulky, you can’t sew or iron over them.
Like to know the disadvantages?
As for me, I use both pins & clips.I use clips for projects that use thick fabric, multiple layers, or fabric that’s slippery. I still use pins,for example when aligning darts or working with elastic.