Love to hand quilt! To me it's more relaxing than struggling with the "oops" of a machine. I can pick it up and work as long (or a short a time) as I want. I live in a 35' fifth wheel so having a place to keep a machine up and handy doesn't work. I have a small machine with me that I use for mending, etc. but that's not even relaxing to me. So hand quilting is for me!