I agree with popover I started in late 70's and the first juryed show I went to had a tied quilt for their raffle quilt. In the 70's quilts were either tied or hand quilted I made many quilts both ways my husband use to help me trace and cut out pieces and there was a lot of group sewing in those days after that show I decided I wanted to make quilts for show and I learned so much more back then than they learn now as I was able to take any pattern and draft it to the size I wanted but now this is done on the computer I did accomplish my show quilts as I ended up with one in Paducha in 1998 and 2 were published in magazines and it usually took 2 years to make a quilt like that now everything is in a hurry and I call it micro wave quilting Yes what changes even quilt shows are so different I do not go Once it was go to see how people could put a certain pattern together now it is to see what a computer can to