Woud we still?
#25
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 2,005

It took me 14 years to finish my first quilt, using the old cardboard templates and scissors method. The hand quilting took several years in three different houses. I probably would keep quilting but I'd make smaller quilts and tie them.
#26
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Oregon
Posts: 3,268

Oh, yes! That's how I learned 150 years ago. I do appreciate that I can do things more quickly now, but I still do some hand quilting, hand piecing, and some work on one of my treadles. Quilting is too rewarding to worry about just the time saved or spent.
#29
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2019
Posts: 122

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!!