If you don't have a stilleto or haven't used one, I can say they are great for holding those small spots near the needle where I can't get my big fat fingers to.
And here's a cheap and easy way to get a bunch, buy a package of pointed orange sticks, the kind you use on your fingernails, they are long enough and pointy enough to use as a stilleto and if they break throw it out and get another out of the pack.
Just so you know our grandmothers did not always do perfect work, check out some antique quilts sometime. I just quilted a 40's top and all the corners don't match. I don't know when the 1/4 inch seam came into vogue by the quilt police. It certainly wasn't around when I learned to piece back in the 50's.
Enough said I enjoy the process and the finished top whether they are perfect or not.
"BETTER FINISHED THAN PERFECT!!"
Longarm