I can't imagine not quilting. I sometime use laminated posters that I cut for templates so I would not need cereal boxes. But...I am not a big fan of the laminated posters. I do hand quilt sometimes. I actually use #2 pencils and colored pencils because I haven't found a marker that I like. But...the stopping point could be using scissors to cut fabric instead of a rotary cutter. I can not cut a straight line. Yikes!!