I agree with you! There is so much time and effort involved in hand quilting . It can be everybit as intricate and complicated and dense as machine quilting. I hand quilt most of my quilts, but I have a lot of them machine quilted, too. The time it takes me to hand quilt a Queen sized quilt, I can have three tops made and machine quilted. But, overall I prefer the old fashioned look and feel of hand quilting!