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Tuesday's Tip - Using a "Spider"

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Tuesday's Tip - Using a "Spider"

How can a spider help you with sewing or quilting? Well, don't worry, we're not talking about arachnids! A "spider" - also called a "leader" and/or an "ender" - is a scrap of fabric that you run through your machine at the beginning and end of each seam. The spider ends up attached to your fabric by short threads, and then you just trim them off and use the spider again and again. The funny name comes from how it looks after its been used - with lots of thread "legs" hanging off.  Spiders help in many ways:  They save thread because less is wasted at each...

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