Originally Posted by chergram
do you hand quilters cut with sizzors and use template
I do! I use plastic for my templates rather than cardboard but a template is a template. I use shears to do my cutting because I cannot use a rotary cutter. Anything that really begs to be rotary cut, like strips, is done by My Hero (also known as my husband).
My accuracy with shears is as good as a rotary cutter after many years of dog showing.
The only place I use a sewing machine is to do a stay stitch around the border of the quilt just before I put the binding on by hand.