Originally Posted by
QuiltnNan
they can be gorgeous, indeed. but what makes a quilt warm is the spaces between the layers that trap the heat. when it's heavily quilted, there are not very many spaces left.
I like this answer! I don't know from actually using a heavily quilted quilt, but your reply has always been my thought as well. Plus, I don't like heavily quilted quilts because I feel it takes away the beauty of the piecing and makes the quilting the most important. To me it is not. There is always 'too much' in every aspect of life, and so it is with quilting