I use a table top paper towel holder my step father made to hold my binding. It doesn't have that extra piece on it that prevents the towels from rolling out......but it allows the binding to unwind as I need it. PERFECT!!!
I use a pair of long tweezers...with a bent end to thread my serger. DH had them for rockhounding (haven't figured that out yet)....and a doctor I worked for used them for surgeries...... Long handled, and small at the tweeze end.
Makes threading a LOT easier.