Quilting is still alive and well internationally or we wouldn't have a group like this one. There are all types of quilters from traditional, contemporary, to modern (doing it my way) and no quilt police.
I belong to two quilt guilds and folks are still joining just about every month and many are younger in age than not.
I'm in the process of starting a MOD Quilt Guild with folks within a hundred mile radius of me which are like minded folks leaning more to "doing it my way" artisticly than doing it traditionally. There is nothing wrong with tradional however we want to get away from the "cookie cutter" mentality. It's not saying we won't ever do a traditional block but will very much alter different types of blocks and create our own one of a kind if we so desire.
Quilting in any form is alive and well and will continue to thrive locally and forming guilds online internationally.