I love color -- unfortunately I love nature, novelty, 30's, and ...... Guess that is why I have such a big stash. When looking at a quilt, the color draws me but it is the pattern that holds me. I too like the look of heavy quilting, but in my quilts I prefer a balance of enough quilting to hold the quilt together but not enough to make the quilt stiff. I have a friend who quilts and the quilting she does is stunning -- she freehands all kinds of surprises in her quilting. You can look at if for an hour and not see all the "treats" -- it just puts a real smile on your face to find a bird or a rabbit hidden in the quilting.