Nope I agree. Also I am into making functional quilts. I have had only one quilt Long arm quilted due to size and am very greatful the woman did not over do it. I do not like too much quilting for functional quilts as it tends to make the quilt heavy and stiff. I guess it is what you are looking for.
I also prefer the people to ooohhh and aaaahhhh over my work instead of the long arm quilting that I hired out. This is one of the reasons I quilt my own quilts if I can. I love seeing the work of any quilting long or hand but prefer to have done the whole quilt myself. Now if I would own a long arm quilting machine. That would be nice.