From a family of hand quilters I appreciate all of the beautiful hand quilting you posted - your stitching is perfect in every way! However, to be realistic and since I'm quickly approaching the time when my time on this earth will soon be over am beginning to be won over by machine quilting. Agreed, machine quilting does not hold a candle to hand quilting and never will, it is understandable that some people are opting for mc over hq. However, it is a fact that the average eye does not even see all your exquisite hand stitching for what it is and that is sad to me. In closing, hope you have many years of hand quilting ahead of you.