[QUOTE=justflyingin;6376343]I feel like your observation is opposite--as the implication is that why have we "downgraded to only stippling" ...however, ...many of us haven't "graduated" to these types of designs...yet.
I do mostly meandering now because I'm just learning to do something else. I don't have a desire to mark up my quilts, so whatever I do needs to be simple enough to do them free hand. Until I can effectively learn to move around a quilt on my machine, fancy stitches won't look great. [QUOTE]
Completely agree with you justflyingin. I have to date completed 3 whole quilts myself. That's not a lot of practice and being a single mom with 2 'young-uns' at home, not a lot of extra $$ to spend on thread, practice quilting sandwiches, etc. I am making quilts for my family and they all think it's awesome. Especially my mom who can't even sew on a button.
I get lots of inspiration from the pictures section of this board. I have a regular DSM that I use for piecing and quilting so I love to see the close-up pictures of everyone else's FMQ. For me, a simple meander is the only quilting I can manage and even then I don't do a great job. I'll get there someday, but it looks like it will take me 50 more years.