To all you ladies who get discouraged about quilting, first try to keep in simple, stitch-in-the-ditch, or do diagonal stitching by measuring the distance between and marking. I cannot do quilting as I don't have the space or strength to hand quilt a large quilt. I have machine quilted baby quilts, wallhangings and also done hand quilting on these items also. Look around for a quilting guild and you may find some good places to take your quilts and have them done.