I am on board and voting for the traditional pieced quilt. I attended a quilt show late fall 2010, and there were so many "pieces of art" that were nothing more that ironed-on and stitched appliques! This is not quilting, if you ask me. Lovely? Yes. Inspirational? Yes . . . but not "quilting!" Occasionally I will applique something atop a pieced quilt. In Michigan, the GAAQG (Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild) had quite a bruhaha about this subject. It has a membership of over 400, and there was a faction that was ready to leave, because a majority of the classes offered were of the artsy type, and not many showing different traditional quilting techniques.
Again, I agree . . .