I hand quilted 24 quilts before machine quilting really became popular and all the new techiques. I plan to do one baby quilt and then, no more. I have made 36 machine quilted quilts and I like the looks of them much better and I can make 12 quilts in a year, lots more than I could ever hand quilt. I never felt it relaxing and my Husband watches TV in the evenings and we talk also. We work together every day and spend all weekends and evenings together. Kids have been gone for years and live their own lives. There is no right or wrong way to quilt, to each her own. At 64, it is hard to tell how many productive years I may have left and I'm not about to waste any.