yes great idea and you can make a scrappy quilt with them
Originally Posted by montanajan
Originally Posted by Kristin in ME
So, I'm trying to understand what a leader is for. Is it just to keep the thread from bunching as you start sewing? Doesn't just holding the thread as you start sewing accomplish that? Or is it for something else...
A leader is a piece of fabric to start the sewing with so fabric &/or thread doesn't bunch in the beginning. I keep a "leader" and "ender" on - simply feed it into the throat as fabric I'm piecing is finished. It saves lots of thread because you don't have to pull it out & cut, just snip between the scrap leader and pieced fabric and keep going. I do a long row of pieces whenever possible, then snip. The "ender" stays under the needle and becomes the "leader" for the next piecing.
If I'm organized enough, I use 2 1/2 inch scraps that will eventually become another quilt - but that organization is more wishful thinking than fact.
Jan