As a lifelong hand quilter what I prefer the most is a "whole cloth" quilt. It allows me to work without having to put up with all of those seams. At our State fair there were a number of entries with no borders but only a few "whole cloth" quilts. One was bed size and a masterpiece. While I have made my share of pieced quilts in my 63 years I prefer to work with whole cloth and let the quilting tell the story. I make at least 21 Linus quilts a month but most of them are just a child friendly print with a solid piece of colored flannel on the back and some simple machine quilting with a decorative stitch. The little tag we sew on the Linus quilts shows Linus sucking his thumb and clutching a quilt to the side of his head. That is the way I picture most of my little quilts being used. The idea is to provide comfort to a child in pain or need. We all know of at least one child who loved his or her "blankie" to death. I think making it as simple as possible helps extend it's life and the comfort it brings.