Pagzz

in Feb at my guild show the less quilted applique quilt won first place and the heavily quilted applique quilt won second place and viewer's choice.

not all heavily quilted quilts are stiff, not all winners are heavily quilted, and heavily quilted does not necessarily take away from the piecing especially since some of the heavy quilting is micro stippling or fill designed to push down the background and let the rest i.e. applique appear trapuntoed.