I hand quilt almost all of my quilts, to me that is what quilting is about, I do really enjoy my piecing as well, I take a pattern and make it mine, by doing different things with it. I am also hand piecing a grandmothers flower garden, I figure it is a 10 to 15 year project, as I only work on it when I am away from home, my take along project. To me the hand quilting and sewing the binding down by hand
is the complete finishing to a quilt. Just my preference