I LOVE hand piecing and quilting. It's relaxing and I can pick it up or put it down even if I've only done 2 or 3 stitiches. Another thing-----you know how it seems that a dog can tell if a person is dog friendly or not and will react accordingly. Well, the same thing goes for sewing machines for me. When I get near one, the machine seems to sense that I'm not particuarly crazy about it. If I sit down to sew, these things seems to happen--the bobbin runs out of thread, the thread breaks, thread "bunches"up under the piece I'm sewing on. Well, you get the picture. So, I stay clear of all machines--especially sewing machines! So, my needle and thread just keep sewing away.