I'm always noticing quilts in movies and TV. More than once inspiration has struck and I've grabbed my graph paper and made some notes! Also drew up the tile pattern from the Titanic as a block while watching the movie in a theater.
I watch a lot of the home buying shows (you know, they tour 3, pick one) and can always tell the homes of quilters as opposed to those that are merely staged with quilts. And we all know that the "bonus room" is really the sewing room...