I am a hand quilter who keeps trying to machine quilt. I have finally decided that the whole machine quilting process is just not for me..tends to take the relaxation aspect out of it. I just finished hand-quilting a lap-size quilt doing "big stitch" and I was amazed how quickly it moved along. I will continue doing my traditional hand quilting on my special quilts, but for all others, it's big stitch for me.