I share many of the same dislikes about Eleanor's vocal quality and the fabric over the shoulder -- but look at how we all instantly know who we are talking about and something about her! Once I shift modes, I enjoy my video time with her and have learned a lot over the decades as well as gotten some good tools as well as tips.
Saturday morning here is when we have our quilt shows on the local PBS, I missed most of them this week but I did get most of Eleanor's which is the last of the block. She was doing Bridal Bouquet, she showed the technique I've used in strip piecing for years, which is go ahead and sew off the set-in edge, then just undo a couple of stitches.
I recently did some LeMoyne stars for the set-in practice and decided to use the snazzy thread cutter on my modern machine and stop at the seam allowance. I love the thread cutter and realize now a lot of what I disliked about partial-seams was just the 6" tails of thread.