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Yeah but, but, but.....there's all of those pieces you cut out over and over and over and over. And don't talk to me about that thing where you cut them out in piles. (Stack & Wack??????)

You've not seen me near a rotary cutter.

It's not pretty.

LOL -- I've never done Stack and Wack, it is a little scarey, I'd agree. I'm very very careful with my rotary cutter: I put the safety on right after I use it each time.

Re: "Yeah but, but, but.....there's all of those pieces you cut out over and over and over and over." You can buy pre-washed, hand-dyed squares of cloths of any mixture of hand-dyed colors you want over the internet from ebay *cheap* -- like $5 for 200. So a simple square patch work, maybe integrating a nine-patch pattern, can be had without any cutting at all. There are some tricks to mass-producing triangle squares -- which, when combined with squares, provide one with the ability to do countless patchwork designs. If you found a quilter to show you that trick, then you'd find there's relatively little cutting involved.

Oh, there's a lot of sewing, but that part is so nice. I love the feel of cotton.

I've been doing foundation paper-piecing, and that's easy once someone shows you. I'm a big fan of people just showing people -- I don't think anyone should take an official class to learn to quilt. I've promised my Freeper's Finest FRiend WvNan I'll show her some tricks when she comes visit me for tea some day! :)