I have always been a handquilter. I am heavily involved in our local Linus Project and those quilts I machine quilt. All of the bed size quilts I made are handquilted and I always have a wallhanging or smaller project going or ready to go. I am going on a cruise/bustrip at the end of July and expect I will get at least one of my smaller projects handquilted durring that period.
11 years ago I developed a rare autoimmune disease that makes it hard for me to manipulate anything larger than a crib size quilt under my sewing machine. It hasn't stopped me from handquilting. When it comes time to attach a binding to my bedsize quilts my husband stands behind my machine and feeds me the quilt while supporting the weight or I would not be able to do that chore. I do than finish the bindings by hand.