I envy your ability to do it by hand. I just can't hand quilt - but I have a Tin Lizzie and I can go to town with it. I enjoy getting my quilts completed quickly and they're so much fun. On the 3 separate occasions when I tried to quilt on my regular sewing machine, it was disastrous. It has something to do with the position of my hands - and the fact that my back and shoulders hurt when I'm using the regular machine. Of course, when I tried this on all 3 occasions, the quilts were Queen size and 1 king - so they were very heavy and hard to move. I just decided I wasn't going to do it that way since I have the other way...