SITD can look just fine if you can do it right (I tend to twitch!). So does quilting on a DSM.
It's not a copout to use a computer program to stitch it up for you? Hellooooo? Craftsmanship is sure relative, isn't it?
Maybe we should all take a vacation from our jobs to go out and grind shells and gather berries to hand dye our hand woven cotton we spun and wove last week while changing diapers and cooking dinner?
Tell that girl where to get off, pronto!