Here is a link to my web site. There are several done by hand and machine. i am an addicted cross stitcher and can't seem to stop. Even in my dreams.
http://maria-quilted-treasures.com/index.html
If you click on quilts for sale, the turtle one was done by hand.
On the Sold Items page, the music picks was done by machine and the Boston Terrier was done by hand. On more quilts, Cafe Embroidered, Coffee! and Three Wise Men were done by machine, and Audrey and Pagoda by hand.
For hand embroidered items, I find that if Quilt around the embroidery it looks a little inflated and I didn't like the appearance, so I made a simple one and tried quilting over the design with nylon thread. It worked great. You can not see the thread of he quilting and the embroidered design shows very well.
Maria