I am so very glad for the "new and improved" way of quilting. I just started a few years ago and was addicted from the first quilt. I can zip thru the piecing in no time and have a beautiful (at least to me)quilt ready to take to the LA. I do not have the patience to sit and hand quilt and my hat is off to all that do!. Sometimes I will wrestle a smaller quilt thru my machine and do some SITD. Needless to say I have 3-4 tops at any given time waiting for attention...lol.