While I can appreciate the amazingly complicated and beautiful quilts, I want to make simple ones myself. At least for now anyway.
I want quilting to be fun, not a chore, and I think too difficult of a pattern would kill my groove.
I do use fabrics that are fun, or that I really like, to keep the interest going for me. I adore my first finished quilt (a Grinch quilt) because it's just so fun.
I almost having my sewing room ready to set up the mega quilter and frame. I think it will be fun to do some larger quilts more quickly, but still don't plan to do a lot of close quilting. I like a little more room between my stitches.
I have some tied quilts that my aunt made for me when I was little. They were just as warm and loved as any quilted one would have been.