I think hand quilting will always be around, although machine quilters will far outnumber them simply because of the time involved. Our Methodist Women make a quilt every year for our fall bazaar. One of our deceased members had I don't know how many hand-pieced tops that she never got to make into quilts. I've offered to machine quilt them, but they prefer to put it on a large frame and get together to hand quilt it, and I'm glad they do. It's a fun time for all of us.