Copying anything can become a craft. Creating anything original can be an art. Whether or not an original work is considered truly artistic is usually decided by a qualified judge. However, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We all love to make quilts, some of aspire to be fabric artists. Some of us actually become fabric artists and our quilts hang in museums; but we all create. But if we were to say all quilters were artists it would be like saying all seamstresses were fashion designers.