I used to hand quilt large bed quilts that were too much of a physical struggle to do on my Bernina but my hands are not what they used to be (pretty much like the rest of me). I will probably finish the one I have started though it may take me a couple more years to do it. Now I make large quilts in manageable sections and quilt them on the machine, they turn out great. It takes some hand sewing on the back but they look good, lay flat and hang straight and from the front it is impossible to tell where they were joined.