it might depend on age and stage of quilting. I made my first quilt at 8, I can still see it in my mind, then set in for real at 21 and it's been my passion ever since.
starting out I didn't like the cutting because it was still cardboard and scissors work.
rulers and blades helped, but once I made my first bonnie hunter quilt and reconized method to the maddes I like the cutting.
I bought my first sewing machine from a neighbor at 16, and replaced it in the mid-90s with a Janome memorycraft9000. Oh my gosh, what a world it opened up for me, and as members aboved mentioned, sitting at my machine...bliss. Good tools - good work.
It's the quilting I've come to dread and dislike, even smaller pieces like my 40X40 series.
This week I've been thinking about folding up and donating every unfinished piece I have. Makes my heart lift to even think about it, so it will probably happen. Maybe to celebrate New Years.
Now back to my machine...and bliss.