Originally Posted by hobo2000
David, I have thought about that too. G'ma used to draw her pattern on cardboard cut it out, stack up fabrics and draw around each template then sit at night and cut them out. She used a treadle, which I now use. I think it would be great fun to get a bunch of us to each make a small quilt not using anything but paper, cardboard, treadle, scissors, etc. We would learn to really appreciate what we have but would know how to do it without the frills.
That sounds like a fun challenge. I already have a king size top done that way. I traced all the diamonds on the fabric with pencil and sewed all the pieces my hand. My DH traveled with his job and it was my traveling quilt. I would love to do a entire quilt even with hand quilting. We would need a large chunk of time though. I'm game.