I love to hand piece - especially odd bias pieces. I see more of it with paper piecing.

I belong to a guild with 35 members and there is only two of us that piece by machine, some of the members don't even know how to use a machine! I quilt by hand, it is a personal choice.

Speaking of thread...I use hand quilting thread to piece with instead of regular thread. I just think it is sturdier.

I was happy to hear sometime ago that Jinny Beyer hand pieces. I felt very out of place until I heard that she did. Her work is gorgeous!

Jinny Beyer has a little piece of information on her website about hand piecing, you may want to check it out.

My first quilt lessen was hand piecing but I don't do any hand work now because it causes pain in my neck and arm. I wish I could because I did enjoy it.

I had a hard time pulling hand quilting thread through the fabric, but maybe I'll try it next time. However, my hand pieced blocks seem sturdy enough.

Same thing happened to me...they made me fill like i was doing something wrong.. but i got over it and keep on hand piecing and handquilting...to each his (her) own they are beautiful both ways !!

My sister and I both hand piece and hand quilt. Find it much more relaxing than the machine.

I am just learning and am hand piecing which I like. I am working on the Farmer's Wife Sampler and can't imagine getting all of those little angles to match up on a machine...I flip open the piece I'm working on a lot and adjust as I go to match up the points so I think I would be using the seam ripper a lot more if I did it by machine.

I think I may have 10 or 20 more years if I'm lucky and It won't be extinct while I'm still alive. having said that, there are many times when I do better work when I'm handpiecing, and some patterns are easier to do by hand. I also only hand quilt. It's a relaxing thing for me. I don't have to worry about getting something done right now.