The Fringe Fence!

Problem: You need to sew fringe onto something; or, worse yet, you need to sew something onto fringe.  You know the thread is going to tangle into the fringe, making knots Houdini couldn't escape from and you are going to wind up hurling the costume across the room in disgust.

Fret no more:  raid your recycling bin, cut two rectangles of cardboard slightly larger than the clump of fringe you are working with, and grab two binder clips from your office.  Trap the fringe in between the cardboard and hold in place with the binder clips.  Cuss less, sew more!