I absolutely do NOT dislike traditional quilting - I love it, I want to own 'traditional quilts' and I drool over them on here, in books, at shows etc. Also making those was how I started and where I 'earned my spurs' so to speak. BUT I don't like to make them anymore. I get bored. I find the modern techniques like OBW, art quilts, landscape quilts, etc give me more scope for creativity and developing my own design skills and this keeps my interest throughout the process. I don't like to get into the state of mind that I read so often about on here that a project just has to get DONE - as if it's a chore. This is for me primarily a hobby (though I am beginning to make a little income from it). So I want to enjoy the process of creating a quilt, quilted art piece etc. Otherwise to me it's pointless. :-D