Originally Posted by Lori S
Back in the day before the rotary cutter , I figure lots of quilts got started but never got past the boring cutting with templates , a pencil, and sissors.
My first quilt seemed to take forever just to cut out.
How many here quilted before the rotary cutter? What quilts did you make using the old templates and sissors ?
I made one, a simple Trip Around the World in that old reliable combo of cranberry red and navy blue. My father is still using that quilt on his bed, over thirty years later.
Then I took a quilting hiatus. Not because I got tired of using a template and scissors but because life just got in the way.
I've been making most of my own clothes since then and use a rotary cutter. But now that I've started quilting again, I'm back to the templates and scissors again!