When I first started quilting I said that I thought machine embroidery was cheating some how. I had hand stitched for a long time and maybe that was where my influence was. As I got more into quilts and changed my quilt classes to a more modern quilt style many ladies had embroidery machines. I decided to have a go and bought a second hand machine off a lady in my class. It took me a while to get my head around it and I have a lot to learn on how to do these quilts, I think it is a skill that can compliment my piecing but I haven't mixed the two yet.