I hand quilt. I did a full size quilt by hand and am so proud of it. I've given quilts to my family and I have them machine quilted since they get a lot of use and I feel machine quilted are stronger. Personally I feel anythng hand quilted should be cherished. I wanted a hand quilted quilt for a long time and never bought one because they're so expensive. Once I started hand quilting I knew why.