Janny...I attend a group once a week that is all hand quilting, piecing, etc. There are many other groups out there. I love all aspects of quilting and if I want to make a quilt for the kids to drag around, etc...I do it all w/the machine. For I want them to love and use the cotton right out of them. But, I do have some that are my special ones and in fact the one I am working by my chair is exactly that. I am hand appliq. huge blocks, then will hand stitch the blocks together and then will hand quilt it when I am ready to do so. I might even donate this one for a charity. Just because you hear of other aspects maybe more in your circles...we still exist. Another prob for me is the huge list of quilts I want to make:))Skeat