I still enjoy hand quilting. The main thing I machine quilt are Linus quilts and only if they are not bigger than crib size. I have an autoimmune disease that weakened most of my muscles especially the shoulders and hips. Rolling up and dragging a bigger quilt through my sewing machine throat is more than I can handle. I hand quilt on a 36" round floor frame or a standard size regular hand quilting frame. Either of those is much easier on me physically and allows me to watch TV with my husband or even carry on a conversation without having to stop work on my quilt. Actually the hand quilting part is what I like best about quilting. I am not the world's greatest at piecing. My very favorite is whole cloth quilting or what I call cheater's cloth which is fabric printed to look like it was pieced or appliqued. When I get done quilting it only an experienced quilter can tell the difference.