I learned the old-fashioned way. Cardboard template, cutting each piece out by hand, marking the sewing lines with a pencil, and all hand piecing and hand quilting. I did get a water soluble marker for mating the quilting design. Of course, that was 200 years ago. (Slight exaggeration) I thought I'd gone to heaven when I got a rotary cutter. I still love hand quilting, and the slower process helped me appreciate antique quilts ever so much more.