Wow - you do beautiful work!!!
I love and prefer hand quilting, whether it's the perfect stitches of some I've seen or the folk art stitching, but am trying to teach myself to make consistently even stitches. I'm slightly intimidated by the whole thing and if I could relax, I think I would be okay. My "consistent stitches" tend to be very small. I know the key is practice, practice, practice. So far I've only used muslin quilt squares for practice, but I've decided to hand quilt a table quilt, with the hope that once started, I'll stay with it and by the time it's finished my stitches will be more acceptable. I would appreciate any advice for speeding up this learning process. I also admire machine quilting, much of which is truly amazing art. It's also what I do on quilts for kids that I know aren't going to take the best of care of their quilt. In any case, don't worry, we do love your hand quilting!