I appreciate and draw upon all periods of quilting. However, I find it surprising how far quilting is based in the past, to the point of sometimes excessive conservatism. Quilting shouldn't be limited like that. It reminds me of when I was doing my A-level in music in the mid 90s, and everyone at school kept on going on about how terribly modern the piano pieces I was performing for my recital and exam were. As my percussion teacher pointed out in disgust, I wasn't playing a note written later than 1911.
I also find that mainstream quilting today is dominated by American quilting, which is itself a wonderful tradition, to the point where other quilting traditions get left out altogether.