i still use templates and scissors when the project can be easier cut out than with a rotory cutter- i never ever cut out a whole quilt at once though- so it's not so bad.
i cut one block- or a few blocks at a time---for me even with a rotory cutter-if a pattern says start with cutting 800 2" squares---i'm putting that pattern back and not going near it---but if i can look at that same pattern and cut out 20 2" squares and get started i can do that---
i enjoy alot of hand projects-and cut out with scissors- traced templates often....sometimes it is faster, and definitly safer than using a rotory cutter.
i did start sewing/quilting over 40 years ago- so learned to do everything without a rotory cutter- but am very attached to mine now--for the past 7-8 years; but i would never give up my shears.