I prefer a soft quilt. I like beautiful feathers and other designs, but the current trend of intense quilting doesn't appeal to me. I have used matchstick quilting on a wallhanging, but it would not feel good as a throw. A whole cloth quilt is beautiful when quilted with an intricate design, but it doesn't need to be taken to the level of completely stiff. My more intensely quilted projects require blocking. I like to wash and immediately use my quilts.