This overkill with quilting gets to me too. In fact, I have emailed editors of quilting magazines complaining that it was almost impossible to see the actual quilt piecing due to the excessive quilting over it and if they did not print the design in plain colors, it would be difficult to see how to piece it. Needless to say, I have never heard back from them but I just needed to vent. The lights on the quilts glare and the pictures just show the quilt design contrast and not so much on the piecing. I suppose that is why you never get an email or website for the machine quilters printed in the magazine.