Everyone is different.
I love quilts and my favorite is my grandmother's (deceased) leftover fabric quilt. I can see her blouses and many things she made/wore in that quilt. She taught my mom to sew and then my mom taught me. So it's special to me. Having said that if someone gave me a very traditional country style quilt I most likely wouldn't have it in my living room but folded and ready for use to keep warm. I can totally appreciate it and the work, of course, and country is lovely but it's not "me". I wasn't even the slightest interested in quilting until I saw watercolor quilts and portrait quilts. I have not done a portrait quilt but I LOVE the book.
Funny thing is I probably have given things to people/friends who REALLY like country but I didn't so they didn't get it. I don't mean as a formal gift just a off the cuff "here you go if you want it" gift.
Everyone's different.