As a longarm quilter, of course I prefer quilting!! That said, I did a repair for a customer of a quilt made back in the 1970's with polyester squares for the top, polyester batting and cotton backing that was tied with yarn. Many of the ties had pulled through the backing. I ended up putting 19 appliques on the holes with my longarm, sewed some of the seams that had come apart in the piecing and then going over every seam with ~~~~ to keep them from coming apart in the future. I have some quilts my great grandmother made...the quilted ones are still held together with the quilting, the tied ones are falling apart. That would lead me to believe that quilting holds quilts together better...and if I am going to go to all the work to make a quilt, I would like my great-great-grands to still be able to use them.