I really hated wrestling with my quilts to quilt them on my Bernina and got no real pleasure out of the quilting phase anyhow, so I started sending mine out. It was reasonably priced and I could spend my limited time on piecing which is what I really like to do.
About a year ago, I realized that I was sewing a lot more after joining QB and the tops were stacking up. I decided to look for a used LAQ machine to do it myself. I found one and so now I finish them myself. It's much easier but I still don't love the quilting part.