dforesee

I handquilt. It is my favorite part of making a quilt. I do it partly because I like the look of it and partly because I find it relaxing to do.

I go To The Sea To Breathe

I too love to hand quilt. Last night had to wait extra hour for soccer practice for 13 yr old DGS, who is working on his first quilt. I had some old flannel blocks in the car that I was going to take to goodwill, he ended up sewing them by hand to have something to do. he said, I think I like sewing by hand better than the machine. He is a real hands person, loves and can design any type of orgami and legos. Thought that was cute. He has never been told that one way is better or easier...just what he liked doing and thats what it is all about, right?

suezquilts

time is my biggest issue, do I have the time?
My hands hurt so much when I do bindings or hand quilt, that is the second issue.

I started machine quilting in 04, and haven't hand quilted since. Before that I had hand quilted maybe 5 quilts, queen size mostly.

StitchinJoy

I'm a professional longarm machine quilter. I love machine quilting for other people to help them finish their special quilts. And it pays the bills.

In the evenings, I hand quilt my own special quilts.

stormatsea45

I tried hand quilting once, and didn't enjoy it, so first went to my DSM and have since bought a mid arm Gammill which I dearly love using. It is so much faster, besides I enjoy the process.

fabric_fancy

hand quilting is more of an embellishment in my work then not.

even if the entire quilt was hand quilted i'd still consider it an embellishment.

95% of my work contains both machine and hand quilting.

emerald46

I love the hand quilting part totally! Going to try FMQ again and look at long arm. Doubt that I could ever completely give up hand quilting unless my hands give out at some point. DD says she can't believe with as many "toys" as we own that I don't have a machine to do this...if I wanted one I would have it. Who knows I haven't made a big purchase in awhile!

CloverPatch

I hand quilt the big stuff, machine the small stuff. nothing more relaxing than curling up with a quilt, watching TV and stitching away. Always sad when I finish a quilt. Glad it is done, but disappointed I don't have anything to stitch anymore.

boohoofish

Hand quilt - find it so relaxing!

Parrothead

Hand piece and quilt because that was the way I was taught. Machine quilt placemats, bags, pot holders, etc. But for a quilt it is hand. I quilt while watching TV and now that baseball season is here, it is a bonus!
I do think we all have to do whatever WE like and what is best for us. I am retired so I have the time. I also cannot afford a LA just like I cannot afford to pay a lot for fabric. I have been sewing all my life and I think I can tell good fabric from bad fabric no matter where I buy.