A friend of mine gave me a book filled with quick tips on quilting and one of the tips say you should take a full package of your favorite needles and thread all of them onto the spool of thread, then take one and pull the thread and one needles out until your have the required length and leave the rest of them still threaded. When you need the next length of thread just pull the next needles and some thread and start sewing again. I tryed it when hand sewing my binding and it was great. As i read more of the book will share some more tips.