I preferred hand quilting, but the "to do" list is long and I'm almost 50 so decided over the last couple of years to machine piece/quilt otherwise I'd never get much done. I use a domestic vintage machine (Pinnock) and the biggest quilt so far is probably double bed size. Tend to be sticking to straight line quilting, but this week have been FMQ and I think I may be getting addicted to it (despite it not looking terribly professional...yet). My dream machine would probably be a HQ sweet 16, but here they are around $6,000.00, so not in the near future. Sending out for quilting is too expensive, and besides that, I want to do it all myself......I even plan on getting my treadle renovated and using that. When it comes to quilting....you will find a determined quilter can put out a quilt using almost any fabric or machine.