imy very first quilt was completly done by hand.after that i figured that i knew how the do hand piecing, i saw nothing wrong with machine piecing it goes much faster and you really can't tell the difference,my opinion anyway. and i could move on to hand quilting the part i actually enjoy the most, also in my opinion there isa visual difference between hand and machine quilting, but thats just me, i probably not an opinion shared by most. i think your quits are lovely and loved by all who use them and isn't that what counts?