Originally Posted by
bearisgray
Have any of you reverted to "an old way" of doing something after trying "a new way"?
Examples:
Hand basting or pin basting a quilt sandwich instead of spray basting?
Hand basting an intersection instead of pasting it?
Rotary cutting instead of cutting with a die cutter?
Reverting to using a mechanical machine after using a very high-end computerized machine?
Using a regular lead pencil or chalk to mark instead of a marker that uses liquid?
A plain old dry iron instead of a steam iron?
Hand piecing instead of machine piecing?
I may be completely out of touch - and usually I am out of step - but sometimes I am just more comfortable with "an old(er) way" of doing something than the most "modern" way.
Anyone else?
You know, I hate the new way of cutting strips and sewing them together and cutting off blocks, etc. I wish they would also give plain on templates and directions the way they used to. I read a pattern over and over and over again trying to figure out what strips to cut and what A1 and B3 is. It drives me nuts. I'm numerically challenged though.