Jan, you know I am also an "old geezer" too. I like my quilting to make the design stand out - not cover it up with stitches. You and I have talked about this before and are on the same wave lengths. No over all quilting - make those designs stand out. Quilt a great design on those blank spaces. Make that quilt wrap around us to keep us warm, I don't think those stiffly quilted quilts are meant to be "used". They are just show quilts or wall hangings!