Some of those ladies still exist here in Maine too lol. I was at the quilt show last year, asking if I could take a picture of one of the raffle quilts. The lady nicely replied that I was more than welcome to, then added that "after all, this is the only realy quilt here. All the others are machine pieced". I just kept my mouth shut, took the picture, than walked off without saying a word.
I must add....alot of the quilts on display were machine pieced, including many of the shops' quilts.