I have hand quilted for the last 30+ years. I think if I tried it on the machine it would be a disaster. When I started 30 years ago it was not common (most people were tying quilts) and I did a lot of hand quilting for other people. I still do some, but not as much since machine quilting has become more common.
For instance, I worked on pieces for a couple of quilt designers to put in their books. Nowadays the examples in books all seem to be machine quilted.
For me hand quilting is my favorite part. Me and machines don't get along well!!