From the office supply store: I bought a pkg of the nubbed nubber finger thingees. Great to scrap off loose threads when you have to rip out stitches and have the tiny thread ends to get rip off. Could use masking tape to do this, but I found the tape pulls the fab too much.
I design quilts on my EQ5. I print out a pic of the quilt, put it in a page protector and then auditioin quilting designs using a dry erase marker.