It always amazes me when people who don't care for a specific hobby or pasttime finds a way to belittle those who do enjoy it! In reality, the money we spend on fabric and etc. would be going other places for something else if we didn't spend it on fabric. And in return for our hobby, we get a lasting treasure to either enjoy or give away. Much of other pasttimes result in zero to show for it. As for exercise, the average person walks several miles a day just doing routine things. Because we quilt doesn't mean we are total couch potatos. Geeze!