This is what I would have said: I would do just as you say it was done in the old days, but husbands don't support their wives as in the days of old. Women now have to work outside the home, make money and still have 99% of the work at home ---- so that does not leave me very much time to do any sewing by hand. And besides the quilt is not how its made, its the love that went into it.