I can't think of "fast" and "hand quilting" in the same sentence. I've progressed from glacial speed to extremely slow, and that might be it for me. One idea I read was to start with a length of thread a yard long and pull it in half way to quilt a line. That leaves the other 18 inches hanging that you thread on your needle and quilt the another way. That saves the time it takes to make and bury beginning knots.