I have almost always machine pieced and hand quilt.... I hand pieced and hand quilted a butterfly quilt for my grandson. I feel like machine quilting, especially the computer-programmed designs is not using quilting talents. To me it means you are a good computer programmer, not a good quilter... My humble apologies to anyone who machine quilts that way.
I also hand quilt because I enjoy it sooooo much. I find it very relaxing.
That's just my opinion and we all know what they say about opinions!
Ellen