I have a longarm and I hand quilt. My LA is a stand up model. When I am feeling really tired after work I do hand quilting. To me it is so relaxing and doesn't take any energy at all to do. I LA on weekends and evenings where I do have energy after work. I think I will always do both. To me the two forms are so different and the results are so different that I would never limit myself to just one or the other.