I've been quilting for about 15 years now and every quilt has been pieced and quilted on my home machine (I have an Elna 7200). The largest quilt I've done is an oversized queen for my daughters bed. My inspirations have been Diane Gaudynski
http://dianegaudynski.blogspot.com/ and more recently Leah Day
http://www.freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/
This just works for me, my space and my lifestyle. But I love that there are many ways to quilt and each of us does what works for us.
