I learned to hand quilt from my Mom and Grandmother. However, when I got older, so did my Mother. She saw some of the quilts I quilted on the machine. She liked them just as much. My grandmother used a Vertical Feed sewing machine from the time she had her first child. Just because I know how to hand quilt, it made me appreciate the atristry and tremendous amount of time it takes to hand quilt. I did not inherit my grandmother's patience. I want to see my quilts done in enough time the babies can actually use them before they are out of the cribs. Not knocking hand quilting, just like the speed of getting my quilts done so I can move on to the next project.