The old-fasioned, tedious way -
 

There are some parts of the quilt-making process that I enjoy doing the old-fashioned, "tedious" way - even though I know there are tools to make the jobs easier.

Some of them are:

Fussy cutting with a rotary cutter
Snipping the seams of a rag quilt (great for relieving aggressive feelings!)
Hand sewing (the second stitching) of a binding
Drafting designs on graph paper

Anything you still like to do "an older/less modern" way?

I do hand stitch the binding closed on my quilts. I don't know why but I like it a lot better and it is a very comforting thing to do in my opinion. And I do start my quilt designs in a grid notebook. But after I have the initial design I do draw it up on the computer as well so I can see what it would look like in its finished colors.

I also enjoy hand sewing the final step of binding. It's kind if mindless TV watching work. Plus I know it's the final step.
I'll do anybody's binding if you'll do my sandwiching. LOL

I have a fondness for hand quilting.

I am just always so delighted to be in the generation that has a rotary cutter and mat. I watched my great Aunt Maude cut out her patterns with newspaper print. I do enjoy hand sewing the binding to the back of a quilt. But I love my EQ7 program. That save me so much time.

I like hand applique. Also stitching the binding around the back of the quilt.

Hand bind and hand applique. Getting ready to go back to the beginning years and hand quilt something. Won't give up the machine quilting though.

I hand stitch my binding but that is the only old way thing I will do in quilting. I don't particularly enjoy it but it looks better then machine stitched.

I hand stitch the bindings. I don't mind the hand sewing. I don't have any hand,wrist, or carpal tunnel issues so it is t hard.

I love to hand stitch the binding on the back. Wool applique' is another favorite - hand stitching with the blanket stitch. My real love however, is when a particular picture of a quilt catches my eye and I can figure out how to make it.