Feline Fanatic speaks well for me as a long armer (although I'm still trying to work at her artistic skills!). I hated the basting process for quilting at my domestic, but did several larger quilts on it anyway, not all of them meanders (like someone else said I sometimes find meandering difficult because my spacing/size starts to "wander").
While computers on LA (or on our domestic machines as many now use their embroidery machines to quilt)certainly do change things, I would suggest that anyone that ever gets a chance to visit the International Quilt Study Center at the U. of Nebraska do so--what you will see is art quilts, modern quilts, special exhibits and their own exhibit--and some of those quilts date back to the 1700's--what I saw was LOTS of quilting! So, thankfully there is room in this art of quilting to welcome everyone's abilities and tastes. I do prefer shows that separate out the type of quilting and the type of piecing (applique, pieced, etc) for judging though.