My quilting machine went in the shop yesterday....again! If I were quilting large bed quilts I'd be in trouble, but since I mainly do children's quilts and throws, I can finish them on my DSM. Still, after a couple days of piecing my lower back feels like I've been stuck with an ice pick. Then I do some cross stitch and relax.

I love both, I hand quilt, hand piece, my favorite things to do. Of course I machine piece, but love hand piecing more, but since I can't sit on my behind ALL day, I sew at my machine, among other things so I don't sit all day.

I much prefer to piece than quilt, even though I have a mid arm.
I usually pick away at a quilt always set up on my mid arm while I piece on my domestic. I get a lot more piecing done, as evidenced by the bags of tops I have ready to be quilted.
I had decided not to go the long arm route, but my shoulders are beginning to ache while quilting, so may end up getting a small table long arm. Perhaps that will make me want to quilt more?

Watson

I do QAYG, so I don’t have large pieces to work on. I like that I can quilt each block the same or different, and having a beautiful back as well. I don’t mind sewing the blocks together as that works up pretty quickly

Love your quilts, especially the second one.

Thank you. That is the front of the first one, beautiful on both sides!

You are not the only one. I think that is why many of us have all these unfinnished tops or blocks.