How to Make 10-Second Prairie Points ... or in my case, dragon spines!

Prairie points have been around for eons, and many quilters use them to decorate the edge of a quilt.  But they're not just for quilts:  I used them this week to make the row of spines down the hoodie and tail on my son's Toothless dragon costume!

Like everything else, people have designed all manner of ways to make something really simple, well, hard.  For example, check out this tutorial for continuous origami prairie points.  I'm impressed -- it's really clever -- but I like the plain, simple way my mam-maw taught me.  And it takes -- literally -- like 10 seconds.

It goes like this...

Best Practices: Before you walk away...

Most people sew in spurts:  They work on a project, finish it and store their machines until the next big project comes along.  When you set your machine aside, you can spend three seconds doing three ridiculously simple things to extend the life of your machine and prevent problems.  (I even do this when I walk away from my machine for a few hours...)