I enjoy them both, it's fun to take the fabric and make a quilt from start to finish and be able to say that I did it all. That's just me. I don't like hand appliqué or hand quilting and I think since quilting is a hobby, something we do for joy, if you really don't like quilting the quilt then have someone else do it. Make it affordable maybe do a trade off of skills. Life is too short, do what you love!