Glad to see that there are still some hand quilters out there. I piece by machine, but hand quilt on the most beautiful quilting frame that my DH made me many years ago. Hand quilting certainly does limit the number of quilts one can make compared with machine quilting, but it's what my mom taught me. Used to tie them too, but haven't in years so just might have to tie one real soon.
I do like being able to take hand applique projects with me when I'm on the go. I've done some machine applique baby quilts because they're cute and quick...and small. I would have to do a lot of sweet talking to my old, finicky machine to see if she would attempt machine quilting. :roll: (It's OK, I can talk about her like that cuz we're old friends. :)) I plan to try a string QAYG sometime soon to see how I like it.