In 1980 I took a quilting class and it was all done by hand with cardboard templates and many squares desighned by myself. Although it was a sampler quilt the center 6 squares were personal, so I called it a memory quilt. I made it for my son for high school graduation and all of his freinds wanted one too. This quilt was done one square at a time for quilting then all were joined with sashing and more batting. I did sew the first side of each sashing strip by machine, but the back was hand sewn. I did make one for his freind Dana too and after that made many baby quilts. For a few years I didn't seem to get around to it but then in 2003 my sister-in-law got me back into it making a cathedral window quilt. I never got that finished ( guilt on that one) because it was for my daughter and she didn't want it. But I have made many over the past five + years.
Here are the first 2 I did