I always have hand piecing projects going on- i love to hand piece. for me it is also theraputic but also i have found i can be much more precise- and some of those intricate blocks are much easier by hand. I also (99% of the time) machine quilt my quilts- even the hand pieced ones. sometimes part of a quilt is hand pieced and other parts machine pieced. the amazing grace quilt is that way- the hexagon/diamond borders are hand pieced- the pineapple blocks, foundation pieced...lost of differerent techniques in the same quilt.
i really do not find hand quilting all that relaxing- i really don't know why it's different for me- but i will stick to hand piecing and leave the hand quilting to others. :thumbup: