It took a long time (years - actually decades) of admiring quilts before I became a quilter. I started paying attention to the quilted designs and began to see how they would enhance the design if done right. Then I began appreciating the "custom" or freehand quilting over a computer programming design. About the same time I entered in the world of the vintage machines and doing my own fmq on my dm. Yes, our tastes in quilting do change. I guess it's good there's room for all different tastes in the type and amount of quilting.