I am SO HAPPY to hear that the "quilt police" are unwelcome in other communities, too! Thank goodness most of us have sense enough to ignore (or at least challenge) the "rules" -- like not using sheets, or a particular kind of thread, or mandatory pre-washing, or whatever. Ask a given question to any quilter worth her salt and hopefully her reply will be "it depends...tell me more about what you plan to do." Amen, Sisters!