Originally Posted by ckcowl
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:
I am with you on this. Hand quilting hurts my wrist so I would rather do FMQ. Hand piecing, however, is fun, portable and helps with the 'finicky' blocks - I will probably do a lot of hand piecing for the Sylvia's Bridal Sampler that I will be starting soon - but some of those blocks may also be paper pieced, or just straight machine piecing. My Celtic Illusions quilt was completely hand pieced but FMQ'd since I wasn't going to do all the meandering by hand!