The first purpose to my quilting is mental therapy. While I am sewing, time flies by and all the stress of the day is gone. Secondly, I enjoy the challenge of quilting, it's the first craft that I return to over and over again. Third, I love to give my quilts away...to family and donate to Riley Children's Hospital in Indy. Giving them the needy kids is also therapy for me...I feel like I am giving something back to the people who saved my husbands life. And finally fourth, This is something I can do all by myself, from start to finish, and call it mine if I so choose!