Originally Posted by Dee Dee
The thick packaged templates are very awkward for me to use. Can't easy use a rotary cutter around them and even drawing an outline on the fabric is a challenge. However, if I make a template from a pattern template drawing and use the thin quilter's template from quilt shops and Joann's, that is much easier to work with.
I sew with only straight sided designs: squares, rectangles and half square triangles. I simply cut the size needed. No pattern no template, maybe a sketch