My FMQ is not good, but I feel confidant that it will be good ... eventually; I am of the opinion that if others can do it, so can I. I have a nice machine/table set-up dedicated only to that and will practice a lot when I have some current WIPs completed and out of the way. I neither like nor dislike to hand quilt, but I do it; I always have at least one hand quilting WIP. I have quilted by machine (not FMQ) designs that required me to tie and bury the thread ends, which is annoying, but effective, with a much quicker end result than quilting by hand; of course, I can only do this with straight stitching (such as grids) or wavy (such as vines and ribbons). In fact I do whatever is necessary to have my quilts done by me, from start to finish. It's just how I am and not advice for anyone else. As a matter of fact, I think the LA quilters who do such a fabulous job of quilting the quilt tops sent to them deserve a big round of applause.