A tip for stitching

I've been stitching for years and even I learned something new recently. When starting a new piece of floss, I cut it to about 30 inches, seperate one strand from the six strands and then thread my needle with the single piece of floss folded in half. Doing this keeps you from having to stitch over the flapping thread on the back of your piece to secure the floss and gives you less mess on the back of your piece.