Anyone who has ever been to a quilt show (large or small) will undoubtedly argue that it is an art form...I 100% agree. I believe that a hobby can be either a form of art or not. Some people consider collecting baseball cards, comic books, bottle caps, etc to be a hobby...but, they are not forms of art. I believe that any activity labeled a hobby which results in a product attained by creativity falls into the art form category. Quilting is definitely both a hobby and an art form.