I'm seeing some of this and i like it!! i can see hand-quilting and hand-tying very easily bc they're both hand-work but i'm seeing machine quilting along with hand-quilting and tying too! i like the variety and especially like the utility stitch being used w/ machine or hand-quilting. the examples i've seen were very nice and did not look odd. i'm considering doing this one my hidden wells quilt but its going to be pretty big so i might not want to commit to even the utility stitch but i thought ditch quilting the big squares and then utility stitching some of the bands could maybe look nice.