I have been a lifelong "handquilter" but I piece when I have to and certainly sew by machine. I make at least ten machine assembled and quilted Linus blankets a month as well as another ten plus that are fleece with a crocheted edge or totally crocheted ones. When it comes to quilts for me or personal gifts etc. I assemble by machine and then handquilt. My favorite quilt is a wholecloth that I can handquilt without having to worry with seams etc. Piecing is s not my strong point so the wholecloth , especially cloth printed to look like piecework is the answer for me. I have seen many machine quilted quilts that are masterpieces and others that are just simple but they got the job done. We are all different, why shouldn't the way we make quilts be different as well?