Well, I get a sense of pride from doing a quilt "start to finish", however, working on my home machine, and at my current skill level, I know that my quilting isn't as good as can be done by a good professional. So when I made a special quilt for my daughter's bed, I sent it out to be quilted. I can't afford to do that all the time, though, which is why I am working on perfecting my quilting and learning different quilt-as-you-go techniques.