I am one of those people that likes to make quilts from beginning to finish in order to call it mine. I went to several FMQ classes after I started quilting, but didn't like having to shove the quilt through the machine or do the pinning. I started doing the LA after the LQS, near my house at the time, bought a unregulated Nolting to both rent out and quilt on. I took the class and was hooked. They upgraded to an unregulated Gammill and I used that. Then we retired and I couldn't find a place to rent a machine, so my DH said we had room and I bought my Innova about a year after I retired.
Now I quilt for me and for charity. I don't need to quilt for income, but I did do one for an acquaintance for pay (baby quilt). The other reason I love owning my Innova is I do larger quilts (queen and up), most of the time and it is definitely easier on my LA than trying to do it on a DSM.