Ok I have to say I too appreciate the art type quilts but I don't have any desire to make one and I do think they should not be in any way judged next to "traditional quilts" Like my bud GaiGai says we are comparing Rapsberries and Apples. I would be very sad to see the demise of traditional quilts in quilt shows. That is my first love and I do see a swing in the shows I have been to. I have seen (in Hershey) a hand quilted quilt whose tag said machine quilted and it made me very sad indeed.