I love quilts of all sorts but am drawn to the heavily quilted ones at the shows. It doesn't matter to me if they belong on a bed or on a wall.
The last four quilts I made were lap size for our four grandkids, they were heavily quilted to last being dragged around and most probably washed once every week or so. The last thing I said to our DD was "The quilts are made to be used in any way the kids want to: that includes putting them on the floor to watch TV on."
If I had a longarm and had "fancy" quilted them, I'd have said the same thing.
As for show quilts, one of my joys is viewing the heavily quilted quilts is up close (as we can get). Step back to see the piecing pattern: it's there.
Followed by visiting the vendors to see the new piecing patterns.