My LQS only does pantographs...no custom/FMQ at all. I don't see them as "less than", just different than a custom FMQ quilter. Different strokes for different folks. In the end you have a useable quilt and that is your goal and a great one at that! Sometimes I look at the very custom and don't see a use -- other than possibly an art piece. Nothing wrong with that for them. I don't quilt for art, but for use. (to be fair and honest, I do custom/FMQ because I don't have a LongArm but a HQSweet16 that works like a domestic...can't do a panto on it)