The only quilting I did prior to the current era was back in HS home ec when I assembled a state flower quilt started by my mom and her sister in the 1930's. For the sashing I was instructed to tear all the strips to be sure they were straight and on the straight grain of the the fabric. I used the standard 5/8" seam too. We sent it out to an elderly lady to be hand quilted.
By the way I decided making quilts was not something I wanted to do!

that was so interesting! Thanks for sharing it with us.

That's the way I did it, but I did the hand quilting in a small hoop on my lap. Of course, I didn't do too much stitching!LOL

Thank you for sharing this link with us :D:D:D

That's the way my grandmother and mother did it. It was us girls who used to get to cut out the squares with the cardboard templates and scissors....lol

This is exactly how I first learned to quilt "back in the day." thanks for the memories!

Thanks will more later but sure would like to know how to make stars in strips

That video could have been about something completely non-relevant to my life and it still would have brought back tons of memories. I grew up in that part of the country and that woman strongly resembled one of my grandmothers. Got a little sad thinking about my childhood and how fast life flies by.

But back on topic, her quilting and methods were amazing. I didn't notice her using pins at all and she just whipped those mitered borders on like it was nothing. I hope someday quilting is that natural and easy for me!

That is the way I did it till a few years ago. I now do most with a rotary cutter and sewing machine but I always have 1 that I am working on that has been cut out from templates and hand sewn.
Although I haven't worked on that quilt since Feb but one day I will pick it back up and it will be right there

Thanks a lot for that! Can't believe just $150 and such beautiful work!