Over Quilting?

Craftsy.com is a wonderful website for quilting patterns as well as tutorials, yet I've noticed a trend among quite a few of the patterns. Over quilting. I know, I know, there is no such thing as over quilting. Well, all of my creative flow stems from the river known as Nana. She was born during the 1930's and believes that simpler is always better.

A setting mat with a leaf stitch

Ok, I used a decorative stitch from my sewing machine that I have dubbed the "leaf stitch". I went all across the border, from corner to corner, as well as down the middle from the top and across the middle. I used a lavender thread and it looks kind of pretty in my eyes. Now, I will show you a picture of a quilt I love to look at, but feel it was over quilted.

Named the Fishy Baby Quilt

As you can see, the quilting has taken away from the actual quilt.You can not see what the material is without really looking at it, all you can see is a bunch of circles. Maybe this was the creators intentions, if so my apologies for using your creation as part of my example. I just don't see the point of going through all the trouble of cutting and sewing all these pieces together just to cover them up with SO MUCH STITCHING.

Maybe I'm just in a sour mood about my painfully obvious beginner status on quilting, but it just bothered me a bit to see so much clutter on a quilt. I'm like my Nana, the simpler the better. Rather a clean quilt that a busy one.

As always, your thoughts and comments are welcomed and even encouraged. Happy Crafting!