Originally Posted by Glassquilt

Prior to rotary cutters, prior to home sewing machines when sewing was done by hand, the important thing was the result. If a quilt was made using templates, it was traced/pinned and cut out with a seam of some sort. The hand sewing was on the line and the seam was whatever was left over.
Get comfortable with your machine & its feet. Do what you need to do to get the results you want.