Originally Posted by
Jordan
Thank you so much for clearing up the leaders and enders. I always thought that was a waste to put a small piece of fabric to sew before going onto the actual block you are making. Now I know if I am making something then I will just have a container of 2 1/2" squares right by my machine and away I go and it. Then you have two projects in a sense to do. Great idea and thank you wonderful members here.
After finishing a quilt I keep all my scraps together and use those as leaders/enders and make a random-pieced slab of fabric that can be used as a doll quilt, or as an art quilt, or as a non-traditional block in a quilt - this uses up scrap fabric with pieces that have already been color coordinated. I even appliqued several "spiders" to a small art quilt (3 per row and 3 rows) to make a cool small quilt. There are uses!