Joe -
My wife is NOT a hand-quilter. She uses machines to cut (AccuQuilt), sew (BabyLock and Janome) and quilt (a BabyLock mid-arm Tiara--fortunately not a long-arm yet). She describes herself as more of a "piecer", as she loves to assemble the quilts, and is less fond of the actual quilting. Of course, her use of machines has meant that we've spent more on her hobby in the past few years than on mine.
And I can assure you that there are a lot more in the Championship than hand-quilters. She may not be in the Final Four, but she's ranked somewhere in the brackets!
Steve
W3HF
