I think the definition of quilt is that it have a back, batting and backing. Over the decades/centuries they have transitioned, nothing at all like great-great-great-great-grama used to make out of used clothing and fabric scraps. I wonder if decades/centuries ago if some quilters looked at crazy quilts as art quilts, or more elaborate blocks like Mariner's Compass or Baltimore Blocks as art quilts too??? My grandmother (born in 1901) thought that a quilt needed to be hand pieced, hand quilted, hand tracing pieces onto the fabric and cut with "real" scissors to be considered a "quilt", but that was grama's way :D :D . I love all quilts, styles, but hand pieced and hand quilted of any kind are very special to me. I am so glad that there is room for everyone's own interpretation of a "quilt" in the quilt world. :D :D