I don't mind THIS quilt pattern or fabric at all. In fact I think it looks nice.
However I typically don't like modern quilts.I think for me its both the colors chosen and the pattern. Just last night at our guild meeting I saw a light gray / dark gray and lime green quilt. I did not like it at all. (LOL as lime green is one of my favorite colors too!)
It also was the pattern.
But I agree with you, if its what it takes for someone to get into 'the lost art of quilting who is it for us to say you can't call it a quilt b/c you used such and such colors or patterns
After all there are civil war patterns & fabrics
30's & 40's and reproduction prints (pastels) and traditional patterns
then you have the bright colored fabrics and the stack n wack patterns
and its all called 'quilting'.
So I think its just a matter of taste.