I started spoon quilting about a year ago, to save my under finger. I had tried Aunt becky but it didn't work for me. I didn't want to spend more money on something that, again wouldn't work so I made my own. I took an old spoon and had my DH cut part of the handle off, then I put one of those rubber pencil grips over what was left of the spoon handle. It worked!! I like using it. I still use my finger sometimes, certain positions just work better that way. Once I figured out that I could use the spoon, I decided to buy the T J's quilting spoon (supposedly it is coated with something that won't scratch with alot of use, and it is flat on top, unlike a spoon, so I thought it would work better). I was wrong, I like my spoon better. It might be the difference in the angle at the neck of the spoon. My spoon has gotten scratched and it feels like the needle gets caught in the scratches, so I will be looking for more old spoons to cut off.