There was a time when only hand quilting was considered the only way to quilt a quilt. Machine quilting a quilt was considered cheating, Harriet Hargrave helped to change all that.
As time goes on and more and more people find new and creative ways to do the same thing -- we call this progress. As they say, "there is more than one way to skin a cat." Of course, not that I would ever want to skin a cat, just saying...