My mother used to be one of the Quilt Snobs. My friend that also quilts, mostly hand pieced now that she is in poor health and can't sit at the sewing machine, also was a Quilt Snob. A local quilt shop had a demonstration for machine quilting that changed both of their thinking. I have always thought that there is bad machine quilting and bad hand quilting. I have seen both but then I have seen some of the most intricate machine quilting that absolutely is amazing that it can be done with a machine. I also love hand quilting as that is what I grew up with and know how to do. I see nothing wrong in using a machine to piece or quilt a quilt. A quilt is made because someone had the vision and determination to make a work of art and how they put that work of art into practice should be their choice and they should not be snubbed nor made to feel inferior because of how it is done.