I made the quilt Eldon by Edyta Sitar (sp) I pieced the log cabins by machine, and the strips for the center of the stars on my machine, but the rest of the quilt top was completely done by hand, then I sewed the borders on by machine. I have several 12 in. block patterns that have anywhere from 30 to 80 pieces in them, I always do them by hand. But I love hand work, to me it is so relaxing.