I have hand quilted, long arm quilted and now I am learning to quilt on my Janome 7700. I have been quilting for about 8 years now - started at our Senior Center where we had two old machines and a large hand quilting frame. There were four of us quilting when we decided to form a club. The club now owns about 20 machines, a 13" Bailey and a 25 year old Nustyle. There are about 40 members in the club now and most of them were like me, they learned to quilt at the center. Quilting has given my life a whole new purpose and I am so glad I tried it. My health is not as good as it was (I am on dialysis) so I wanted the Janome to learn to fmq while I sit down lol. I think weather you quilt it yourself or send it out it is still your quilt - do what works for you.