I have done all three--hand quilt, machine quilt and send out to a longarmer. The cost to send the quilts out is so high! DH just bought me a nice new Viking Sapphire 870, with the longer throat bed so that it will be easier for me to work on bigger quilts. What I need now to be able to FMQ better is an acrylic extension to go on my machine. Hmmmm, DH's birthday is coming up this Friday--maybe I should get one of those for him? :? He said he would like to try doing FMQ sometime soon... :D