I love this board, I have been sewing since I was about 9, started quilting when I was about 25, I have sewn many tops, and even quilted quite a few, but, because it is often easier and less expensive to send my tops to a local longarm quilter because i want the receipient to feel comfortable washing it, according to my LAquilter, she feels that we do all of the work, and they just sandwich it together using our ideas, I still quilt the occasional by hand, but not if I feel the quilt will be washed very often, and I can't afford to buy my own machine