As a Longarmer, my personal preference is not dense heavy quilting unless the project is for a wallhanging. I think the quilting should not be the first thing that is seen unless it is a handquilted whole cloth. Quilting needs to highlight the piecing and the fabrics in my opinion. I speak to my customers and we discuss their ideas, my capabilities, (I quilt freehand, no computer on my longarm) my ideas and then we listen to the quilt too ! So far this process seems to work for me.