About 30 years ago I took a class offered by BOCES adult education. Wonderful, very elderly white haired lady taught it and insisted it all had to be done by hand. When my hands got so bad I couldn't hold a needle anymore I gave it up for many, many years. Finally about 6 years ago I bought a Viking machine and started taking a few classes. It's wonderful to realize that my great-great-grandmother would have done everything by machine if it had been available-LOL.
Kat