I love doing applique especially hand work. I do the machine too. Right now I am making a basket of flower BOM by machine. I am thinking of taking each block that does not have applique in it and doing machine quilting in it and then piecing all the blocks together by hand. I have done one other quilt this way. It was the very first quilt I had learned to do by a pattern (all my others were things I designed). The instructor wanted us to do it that way for a reason, I can't remember what it is now but I am glad she did. I learned a lot. I have my applique blocks done but because I had changed things a bit I need more background fabric. When I get that I will decide what I will be doing for sure.