I am machine everything...I don't like hand sewing...lol....my FMQ is not very good so I use it sparingly but I have come to love straight line quilting...especially since I like doing QAYG big blocks. You can actually be very creative with your lines and it is not nearly as frustrating as FMQ...I also like a minimum of quilting since I sometimes feel it can destroy the original design...but that is just my personal preference...Jackie Gehring and Angela Walters are great teachers of modern straight line...