These are all good tips you have passed on here girls. Thanks so much!
I have one more for you. The fuseable light weight interfacing we sometimes use for applique comes with a plastic sheet giving the instructions on how to use it. NEVER store it rolled up with the interfacing! After a while the ink bleeds into the interfacing. I lost a huge roll of it in that way. It broke my heart to have to throw it away. And it cost me a trip into town before I could finish my project.