Intriguing question! Makes one ponder.
If I have enough fabric and thread and notions to last the rest of my life (and probably my daughter's, too), is that a quilter?
Nope, that’s a fabric & tool collector.
Well actually, that could be a hoarder, since I don’t actually use the stuff that often.
I really only like collecting the fabric & tools. I like the cutting out, and the beginning piecing.
I really don’t like the sandwiching/basting/quilting process very much.
I love cutting the fabric into strips, but not shapes like circles or funky rectangles. I love looking at the piles of fabric cut into identical rectangles or squares. Hex's are good too. I LOVE hex's, especially I Spy hex's.
Making the squares or hex's is fun but I don’t like putting them together into rows.
I don’t like sandwiching, or quilting. Binding I kind of like doing.
Am I a quilter? I guess not. I guess I'm just a collector/piecer.
I think I should just get a job at a fabric store…
I'd get to pet the fabric, I'd get to cut it into segments, and I'd NEVER have to sew it into anything!