I just finished a table runner a month class. It had stripes on the background of all of the runners. I used my decorative stitches on them to quilt it as I have not mastered free hand stipling yet and don't have a stitch regulator on my machine. Several of my class members were very enthusiastic about the result.
Also, I made a denim crazy quilt and used only red thread and decorative stitches to join the pieces. I was pleased with the result.