I understand what you are saying as well. Some of the quilting is gorgeous but sometimes I see quilts that I wish were not quilted so heavily. That being said, since I have recently started to FMQ on my home machine I find that I give as much thought and maybe even more thought to how I should quilt compared to the piecing. I think its a skill building thing... I want to see what I can or can not do. I would imagine that if I had a long arm I would think even more about the quilting... to use my equipment. I think as long as the end result makes the person happy that is all that matters. There are plenty of clothes that women wear I would not wear myself, so same goes with this