I like to use the liners out of cereal boxes for template material for fussy cutting or for applique. It is easy to see through and free. Store my irons on a small round metal tray so I won't melt my table when I put them away hot. Cut two and a half inch squares to use for leaders and enders and put them face to face so that I am sewing two together. Then run them through again sewing into four patches, then again sewing two four patches together and again sewing into 8 patches. While I am making something for gifts or for myself, I am also working on blocks for charity or baby gifts. They work up nicely with same size blocks of off white with machine embroidery on them. Makes really cute quilts with baby faces, Sunbonnet Sues, or Overall Bill. I love scraps!