My first quilts were an exercise in patience! I learned to sew back when the only patterns required a template for every piece, no matter how tiny. I remember having a sore hand with what looked like a permanent scissors-handle shaped dent at the end of a cutting session. Those tiny pieces never wanted to behave, either. They sewed up all wonky! So my first quilts were basic patterns, simple squares and stars. Years later, I'm so grateful for both paper-piecing and the rotary cutter. Who knew there'd ever come a day when I could make more mistakes than ever--but in record time!!!??? :lol: