Hello and welcome from Lowell, MA, formerly New Hampshire. I've been quilting for over 25 years, but only hand quilted one quilt, the first bed quilt that I made for my daughter. She now has plans to pass it on to our first granddaughter Zoe, who's 13 months and so precious. As a secretary for 30+ years, I have carpal tunnel and can only hand quilt for very short periods of time, so I machine quilt.