Well since my purple thang decided to take a vacation when I needed it last night, I made due without it. I used a hair stick instead. Since I am working with triangle pieces and needed to keep the points lined up even on both ends. So here is what I did. I used my washable elmers glue with a fine tip nozzel and put a small dab on each end to keep them lined up. I worked perfectly. I didn't have to fight with the ends at all. Just used the hair stick to make sure it sewed straight at the end.