Originally Posted by stillvnu
My other favorite tip is to sew a few stitches on a scrap of fabric prior to starting and stopping any seams. Some people have a name for it like whatchamacallit ... it helps to have smooth starts and stops and also eliminates having long threads all over your blocks.
Some people call it leaders and enders. I found a topic on the board where ladies use small scrap squares and sew them together for this. Then they make a scrappy quilt. Inventive.