I always did my quilts on machine, but for some reason, I did a scrappy quilt with a light and dark pattern, again, me too, with bad arthritis and not good at hand sewing, I decided to baste my big quilt its all log cabin blocks the more I kept basting the more I loved it, it is totally finished now, every piece of fabric and the border which is piano key style, its all hand quilted not small and neat, but I totally love it, it looks more like a old fashioned quilt thatn all my others. May be doing a lot more hand quilting in the future. Grum from N.J.