Originally Posted by
happyquiltmom
Leaders and enders.
I don't use them. I just hold onto the threads as I start sewing.
Me too...hold the threads and use a straight stitch plate.
Never understood how they can be called 'thread savers' when you're sewing all those extra little pieces at each end of every seam. You still have thread tails at beginning and end plus what you used up sewing the leaders and enders. If you're using the ender as the leader for the next piece, why not just chain piece...in effect, use the last piece as the leader for your next piece. Chain piecing is the only thread saver that makes sense to me...no tails between pieces means no waste.