I cut out my first quilt using scissors. I'd used a cardboard template and a pencil to trace onto my fabrics. That silly cardboard piece got smaller as I went. I still don't know how I managed to put that quilt top together.<sigh>
It was a red,white and turquoise 9-patch, made from weaver's K cloth and an other poly blend red fabric from the remnant pile at House of Fabrics.