I love handquilting and belong to a group which meets twice a week to quilt one another's projects. We also laugh a lot and solve a lot of world problems while we quilt. These ladies are like an extended family.

I think hand quilting is therapeutic for me.

I agree! This is the very reason I take it with me to "wait." I don't wait very well & it relieves the stress. Especially if I'm waiting at the hospital. (It seems like there's someone from my family at the hospital every 3-6 months & waiting rooms are stressful!)
PS I also take 'em on road trips.

do you hand quilters cut with sizzors and use template
I have not done much quilting crochet but bought a singer featherweigh 221 and love it but now I think i had rather piece and quilt by hand as i like to do that do not use rotary cutter bought one but just do not like guess you can say I am from the old school be 81 in February is there a place here just for hand quilters if so someone tell me how to find it

Making my own cardboard templates and cutting out with scissors is the way I was taught close to 30 years ago by a third generation southern lady quilter. My first three quilts, every stitch was done by hand. Seems like my matching was much more accurate then and I wasn't getting so aggravated by sewing machines in general.

I have hand quilted three king size quilts and really enjoy doing them.

Hand quilter also, just love it !!
can't hand quilt fast enough, now with a new grandson,
I manage to care for him, and quilt while he naps !!!

I've never hand quilted yet and am also hesitant because of the time. Plus, I think it would make the fibro in my hands rear it's ugly head. I get my hand stitching fix when I work with the binding.

Absolutely LOVE to handquilt, but preferably on a quilt without a lot of piecing because of the difficulty of quilting over seams. I do quilt on my treadle sometimes, but usually only something I know will be drug around on the floor, like my son's bed quilt. I really look at hand quilting as 'me time' and love to do it at the end of the day while sitting on the couch in front of the TV with my family. Handquilting is my preference, and it's portable!

when I handquilt a scrappy quilt, I remember where and when I got some of my fabrics -- I go on holiday trips and visits with quilters, etc.

It adds a lot to my hours. I also watch TV sports -- right now I am watching the NE Patriots
Mim