Anyone can do hand embroidery. It's not at all difficult. It's just that so few people do and that somehow people think it's hard. It's the thinking it's hard bit that I don't get. All I'm doing (for this piece at least) is coloring inside the lines. Using thread and three (basic)stitches: satin, outline, and French knot. So I don't quite get how it's difficult.

In your case, it's much more time-efficient for you to use that nifty machine you've got for it. ^_^ But for me, it's arguably not so much about the destination as it is about the journey.