Every quilt I've seen made by a Japanese quilter is a show stopper. Most all of them are hand appliqued. One Japanese entrant at Paducah told me that she had to make the quilt perfect or it would bring shame to her family. Her goal was to make the quilt as perfect as possible. She reached her goal and then some in my opinion. All the Japanese quilts were far and beyond speculator. It made me want to sew a crooked seam on purpose to take the images of the perfection out of my head. Nope, fast is the way for me to quilt and be happy.