I'm ready to spool around!

Lookie, lookie! I have been having a bit of fun as I fold and organize my stash and cut up old shirts for fabric. I've been cutting little 3-1/2" x 1-1/2" rectangles and 1-1/2" squares to keep next to my sewing machine as leaders and enders. I didn't count them, and I think I have more backgrounds than spool parts, but I can always cut more of either one.

Leaders and enders are a very smart thing/tip/habit that Bonnie Hunter figured out, and I'm looking forward to getting bonus blocks, maybe even quilts, just by being prepared whenever I sit down to sew, AND actually using all the thread that runs off my spools instead of tossing several inches every time I stop or start stitching.

Check out Bonnie's blog. She's so smart and has all sorts of good ideas to make your quilting time more productive, more efficient, more FUN.