I have an old quilt book (copyright 1994) that I refer to often. It's called "Quilting Makes the Quilt" by Lee Cleland and published by That Patchwork Place. They take about a dozen different quilts and show how each quilt looks quilted in about a half dozen different ways. They DO analyze the quilting and it helps you get a better grip on this aspect of the whole quilt. Maybe you can find a copy on Amazon. Good luck. (I'm not a fan of the brush-off of quilting options either!)