I took my first quilting class from a teacher who insisted that handmade was the only way, so I made pillows and
pieced and quilted by hand using scissors and needles and thread. I did sew the pillows together using my sewing
machine and was scolded for that ! It was 15 years before I tried again. Then came he rotary cutter!!
I have never used scissors and handpiecing again.... I have a much happier time now !