When I retired, I joined our small church quilt ladies. Nice people. They wanted me to sew but they’d cut the blocks with a yardstick, pen and scissors. Not a good experience - block size could vary almost an inch. One lady sewed blocks at home & when the corners didn’t meet, (bless her heart) she’d just make a fold. I couldn’t do that, so I’d take blocks home & recut so I could actually put the top together in a decent manner. We moved 8 years ago and our new church has modern methods, thank goodness !