I'm new to quilting. I like them all but tend toward older patterns in my choices. The little bit of history I've gathered about quilting indicates that quilting historically was very relevant in the lives of the ladies who made them. Many of the quilts they made reflected what was going on thier lives at the moment. Civil War quilts, quilts of the underground railroad, wedding quilts, etc. I'm currently reading "Quilts of the Oregon Trail' that goes into the background of some of the quilts that were made during those times. I enjoy the quilts of the 30s with thier bold geometric patterns. What is traditional now was new at some point and there may even have been some of the same controversy back then. Why not quilts that reflect the styles and attitudes of today? I think there's room for the more traditional patterns along with modern quilts and art quilts even if the modern ones don't follow all the rules. Time will sort out the ones with enough merit to become traditional from the ones that just don't measure up for one reason or another.
Rodney