We live in an age of everything "instant". Even books are becoming electronic. I just can't imagine dragging around one of those "kindel's" with me everytime I want to read a book. Since a read as much or more than I quilt I guess I am a dinasour. Aside from Linus quilts and baby quilts for mothers who don't know how to wash nice things I usually handquilt. I even take small items along when I go on a cruise. I love my sewing machine with it's decorative stitches and use it at least three days a week to make something. But hand quilting is my first and last love. I recently made two T shirt quilts for a client. While the majority of the work was done entirely by machine I actually handquilted around some of the motifs of the T shirts just to make them stand out. The weight and size of the quilts made them very hard to machine quilt more than basic securing of the blocks.