When people first started using machine embroidery when making quilts, they really hadn't figured out the best way to handle merging the two together. To me, the quilts hung badly and the density of the embroidery did not complement the quilting. Nowadays, quilters have learned techniques and have access to the things they need to make the quilts lovely to the eye and make all elements merge well. Now I see many lovely machined embroidered quilts. I'm sure if grandmother had a machine that quilted and/or did embroidery she would have used them to make her quilts too.