Like the other quilters, it is my therapy, passion and much much more.

For me it is my mental health. I feel it when I can't quilt for awhile. Much like a clean house is my mental stability. My poor husband suffers when I can't quilt and the house is a mess.
:) (most of the time I can't quilt BECAUSE the house is a mess...therefore, so am I!)

A lot of fun,surprises, family and friend presents, and companionship with guild members.

A passion for me. I love the finished products and it keeps me connected to my dear departed Mother who was a great quilter.

It is relaxation for me!!! I am in a fabric-world with lots of colors!

Your question made me think about something that I normally just take for granted. Over the years, I guess quilting has been many different things--a way to connect to the past, an act of creativity, an expression of love for friends and family, a way to deal with stress and unhappiness. Right now, my best friend of 35 years is dying of leukemia. She has only a month or so to live. I am making a quilt that she promised to another friend and was unable to complete and, in doing so, I'm helping to deal with my own sadness.

I think there is something inside us that needs to create and that need finds expression in different ways--photography, painting, sculpture, basket weaving. For me, it's mostly quilting.

God will bless you abundantly for you gift of friendship in completing your friends quilt. That touches my heart. :lol:

I've used quilting, embroidering, crafting, etc. as my release & therapy and relaxation for years and years. With quilting I continue to learn with every single quilt I make. Many, many times I have started a quilt having absolutely no idea what I am going to do with it to put it together - and then an idea comes to be (obviously from God) and a new quilt is born. I love giving and sharing with others - such a joy.

All of the above, art, hobby, craft, fun, relaxation