I love to applique. I've done both hand and machine. My favorite is by hand. I was taught to do the back basting and I've tried others but this works best for me. I'm lucky that one of the teachers at our LQS has us meet every other week to work on our current project and she's also getting ready to plan the next one. I think it'll be the Baltimore Album blocks; they are so pretty. I like to sew on my machine but I also like to relax watching TV and do the hand applique and it also is great to take to the docs waiting room.