Art is art, whether you paint, sculpt, or quilt. Painting does not have to be your "profession" in order for you to be an artist. The world is full of artists who paint and hold down a full-time job in a profession other than painting, just to pay the bills. Think how boring our world would be without the canvases created by those artists who earn a living doing something besides painting! Quilting can be viewed in the same vein. The act of pursuing your chosen art can also be therapy and it can become an obsession. So my vote is that quilting is an artform.