I guess I am more of a traditional quilter.......but I do like the speed of piecing that the more recent quilt patterns have offered, it certainly works well with some of the large print fabric that is now available, and "fun" to do. But, when looking/buying some of the mags lately some of the featured quilts in them are so gaudy, they actually hurt my eyes to look at them. Either the prints just run together in a mish-mash or they just "bounce" around and don't give you a place to "rest". I would like to try some of the newer patterns offered, but with a more subtle color combo...so something new can always be used in something old........