Depends what kind of quilts you make. I do very little piecing & lots of appliqué. I'd rather live without a rotary cutter than without my shears & embroidery scissors. You certainly can make lovely quilts without scissors. Any quilts made before the 1970's were made with scissors. It's not as fast & can be slightly less precise, but it's definitely do-able. You can make templates out of cereal boxes to help maintain consistent, accurate piecing. If you mostly do piecing, I'd go with the rotary cutter for sure. It's very thin & doesn't squeeze the fabric like scissors do.
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