I have hand pieced four quilt tops. I have yet to finish the hand quilting of them. However, I have recently gotten into machine piecing and quilting. I found hand piecing very relaxing, extremely portable and beautifully accurate. My corners ALL match. You have such control.
Now that I am retired I plan on picking up on the machine work to see if I can achieve a similar degree of accuracy. But I still plan to hand quilt those original quilt tops. I plan on trying out the thimble lady's technique. Watched her on you tube and even bought one of her thimbles.
Beth