I hand pieced and hand quilted (without a hoop or frame) the quilt in my avatar. I thoroughly enjoyed it but it took a very long time. I'm now learning to machine piece and finished my first project, a wall hanging. I want to machine piece and then do a combo of machine SID and hand quilting some lap-sized quilts for chemo patients. I chose to do them by machine because otherwise I'd only finish one every couple of months and wouldn't be able to give many away.