I love modern quilts with lots of solids and a ton of negative space for me to play with the quilting. Personally, I think the modern quilt is more of a place for a quilter to show off her skills, like a whole cloth. If you don't do your own quilting, do be prepared to pay a much higher price to have quality quilting on a modern quilt. I find them more difficult to create then just following a traditional pattern someone else created, because I have to come up with the design of the quilt. Personally, I don't like reproduction fabrics or the "30's" style of fabrics. The crisp, clean lines of the solids really appeals to me.