I hope no one takes this post personally---just my opinion and not meant to be a slam to anyone.
Certainly this is a very personal issue. For me the true art of quilting remains in the hand pieced, hand quilted ones. The modern computerized designed and made quilts are always beautiful and sometimes even more artistic than the hand done ones. But in my mind, a quilt should be done the old fashioned way to be considered authentic. These are the quilts that are worth more than money can buy! To me it is not about how many I can make, but rather the amt of love pieced into the quilt that matters. After saying that----quilting is not a business for me so I am not in a hurry to produce.In the words of one of my son-in-law's whose mother teaches quilting and only does machine...."Isn't that cheating"? I left that up to his mom to answer and I am sure she did a great job explaining to him how modern quilting has it's own merits.