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It's my gift from God to be able to gift others...and I can take fabric and make art. I just love it!
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Because I love doing it. It gives me a creative outlet and it is so relaxing to me. I love fabric and shopping for fabric and sewing fabric etc. I enjoy it so I quilt.
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Because the joy it brings me and my family members I give them to. I had to quite nursing 4 yrs ago do to health reasons. I had worked since I was 15, we had our 1st grand-baby and I think it started out as something to keep me from going insane. Now it's just fun, it's like putting a puzzle together.
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It's a way to be creative. I definitely love shopping for fabric and seeing it come together. Most importantly, I think it's what a quilt means to me. It represents safety, security, comfort, warmth and the love that went into making it.
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To keep my sanity. Love going into my room, shutting the door and being alone with my thoughts! It's only DH and I here at the house but my room is a sanctuary!
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Originally Posted by MellieKQuilter
For me it is a completely rewarding, relaxing and enjoyable past time. :)
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Originally Posted by wuv2quilt
I know that in days gone by making a quilt was often a matter of necessity. You had to keep the family warm, or freeze to death. Frequently, you made do with what was on hand. You didn’t get to go to your LQS, or actually have a “stash”. You did what had to be done in order to provide for your family.
In this day and age most of us don’t HAVE to make a quilt for the necessity of it…we have central heat / air, gas logs, and usually more bed linens they we know what to do with. This being said, I’d put a quilt on every bed in my home, (I just need to make enough to do that). I LOVE quilts! I enjoy the process of selecting my fabrics, color schemes, design / pattern layout, and most important, (to me), who the quilt is for. So, WHY do you quilt? Is it for the love of the craft? The ability to create what will hopefully be a piece of your family history? The joy it brings you? Artistic expression? So, Why Do You Quilt? ;-) Also ~ it brings me joy to express my artistic side and quilts can bring joy to those whom I give them to. |
great topic !
I am not an artist, actually I am not even that good with colors, but I always like to create/work with my hands. In 80thies sew my cloths, then somehow got my hands on a quilting book and from then on, on and off I have made quilts for my family and still hope to make some more, maybe get a new sewing machine and still have money left for fabric.... |
Originally Posted by wuv2quilt
Originally Posted by kwendt
I quilt 'cause I had a sewing machine already, and my mother gave me her stash (a 20' truck load) of old vintage fabrics, mostly cotton. Plus I had/have left over calico's from lots of costume making.
So what do I do with all that? (should have given it away...!) But NOOOOO... I had to take up quilting! Now I'm hooked. Some days I just go into my sewing room and.... putter. For hours. Some days I sew a little too. <sigh> I'm pathetic.... ! lol! A 20' TRUCK LOAD???? Can I come to your house and play? I'm not drooling...I'm not drooling |
I don't know if there is a why do my quilting, just as well ask why do you eat? to live of course, to live.
I quilt, because it feels good in my soul, it creates happiness within my being, it fills my mind with creative thoughts, it calms my spirit. I feel the same way about my painting and knitting or anything that I do that is creative especially when I do a mindless quilt. But I am not selfish with my desires for crafting. I know there is another human being who wants my attention too. Therefore I cook and help with some housework and then the day is mine.I don't let my crafts consume me, I take time for other things in my life. I sometimes do no crafts at for an entire day. I just spend it with hubby. |
Originally Posted by QuiltingKrazy
... I started to quilt because I thought it was something that was being lost from our heritage. ...
that's why I also learned how to bake bread long before I got a breadmaker I learned to sew also, a little at least and I like genealogy, family tree etc... I wanted to learn some of the traditions that got lost in the late XXth century, ... |
I quilt because I can...
I love fabric... I love the process... I love expressing myself... I love seeing/using/gifting something I have made. |
Originally Posted by kwendt
Originally Posted by wuv2quilt
Originally Posted by kwendt
I quilt 'cause I had a sewing machine already, and my mother gave me her stash (a 20' truck load) of old vintage fabrics, mostly cotton. Plus I had/have left over calico's from lots of costume making.
So what do I do with all that? (should have given it away...!) But NOOOOO... I had to take up quilting! Now I'm hooked. Some days I just go into my sewing room and.... putter. For hours. Some days I sew a little too. <sigh> I'm pathetic.... ! lol! A 20' TRUCK LOAD???? Can I come to your house and play? I'm not drooling...I'm not drooling |
Because I can make something and not worry about how it fits - unlike clothes making!
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I love to sew and quilt because its very relaxing, a great
stress breaker, and then while having all this going on not only do you get enjoyment ,peace, somthing beautiful and homemade comes along. |
How about all of the above!!
I love to craft, it brings me joy, I can express myself artistically, they make such nice gifts, Love snuggling under a quilt. |
I started quilting because I didn't think I could. I have always been in awe of the beautiful quilts I've seen. I would've bought every one of them too if my bank account would allow it.
I quilt because I love them so. I love the feeling of making something from start to finish and the happiness it brings to the person it's given to. It makes me happy and I can hear my late husband telling me "you need to go and sew something pretty" He loved me quilting as much as I love doing it. |
I love everything about quilting. The colors, feel of the fabric and then when it is complete the knowelege that you have created something wonderful that will last long after I have gone. I love the history of old quilts no matter who aor how well made. I like to think what the person was thinking while they stitched, what their life was like. I have 2 old quilts my Grandmother made. They are made from old cloths and just for keeping warm but I love then as if they were prize winning quilts just because they are from her.
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Originally Posted by alikat110
For the pleasure of it!
or, because I can.... |
I quilt because I "have to" ... it is bringing to fruition the creative side,
exploring new designs, the feel of the fabric, the wonder of new patterns and colors. Why does a singer "sing", or an artist "paint" .... we have to! If we please another person in the process, all the more reason for our efforts. |
I always like art that is also practical.
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For me it's that connection to my heritage. My grandmother and great grandmothers quilted. I have some of their quilts in my collection. I also quilt for my own satisfaction. I have to keep busy, can't just sit while watching TV or waiting for a child's lesson or Dr appt to be done. Keeps me sane. :o)
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I like to do it. I quilt for my own pleasure. I don't really mind any part of the process. Not that I am an expert, and I do have my share of "issues", but, do enjoy what I make.
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I need a creative outlet and I think of quilts as art that is useful. I just like the decorative objects in our home to have a purpose...
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Originally Posted by happymrs
It takes me away like nothing else ever seems to! I have always loved fabric, so it works out great for me. It's my creative outlet, & I can do things on my machine that I can't do otherwise. I don't think it's a crazy question, but if someone doesn't quilt, they might, lol!....
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Originally Posted by barny
It's the artistic creativity coming out of our fingers and brain. No one else has the same thoughts and abilities. It is so wonderful! God is good.
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creativity destress warmth decoration all of the above |
I love tradition. No one in my family quilted so I thought someone should. I do all kinds of things the way they "used to be done." Quilting is one of them. There is more satisfaction putting a hand made quilt on a bed than buying a blanket at a store. I love the tradition of the quilting bee. In our small town there used to be a group of ladies who gathered every week to work on a quilt on a frame. They have all passed now.
I hang my laundry outside. I bake our bread. I make our soap and laundry soap. I can knit if needed, crochet with yarn or thread, embroider, cross-stitch, upholster, grow as much of our own food as possible and preserve it, and try to make whatever we need instead of buying it. |
I've always loved making things. Never thought I'd become a quilter though. I fell for it big time after a friend asked if I wanted to take a beginner class.
It brings me so much joy. I love making my world more beautiful. I love knowing that my loved ones can cuddle up in a quilt I made for them. My cats are also glad I'm a quilter :) |
therapy
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It's my stress reliever & because I LOVE it!!
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For me it would be the same question as Why do you breath? I can not not do it. Double negative makes it difficult, but it is exactly as it is: If I do not quilt, I must be dead. Because I quilt in my mind during work, I quilt during dinner, during dental surgery.
Why I quilt? Why not! Have fun quilting! Anymart |
I quilt for me, I'm with you I love the process! Love the look and for the same reason I make my own curtains I can't find what I like with the quality I want from the store! Yes I may spend $100 or more I dare say to create what I want I know that its made 100% better then that $300 quilt you can buy mass produced from a chain store. Plus can't pass down electronics lol I want something of tradition for my monsters to hang on too to remember where they came from!
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Originally Posted by gigi10
Originally Posted by happymrs
It takes me away like nothing else ever seems to! I have always loved fabric, so it works out great for me. It's my creative outlet, & I can do things on my machine that I can't do otherwise. I don't think it's a crazy question, but if someone doesn't quilt, they might, lol!....
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I like to be creative and when I quilt the time flies by. It's good therapy since when I quilt I think of nothing but quilting.
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It is something I really enjoy doing with my wife. It is the first hobby I have had that we can work together on.
Plus the completed projects take up much less storage space than my woodworking projects. |
All of the above but also to keep me sane! it is my relaxation and a time to not think about worries or problems other than getting my point nice and sharp! lol
Originally Posted by wuv2quilt
I know that in days gone by making a quilt was often a matter of necessity. You had to keep the family warm, or freeze to death. Frequently, you made do with what was on hand. You didn’t get to go to your LQS, or actually have a “stash”. You did what had to be done in order to provide for your family.
In this day and age most of us don’t HAVE to make a quilt for the necessity of it…we have central heat / air, gas logs, and usually more bed linens they we know what to do with. This being said, I’d put a quilt on every bed in my home, (I just need to make enough to do that). I LOVE quilts! I enjoy the process of selecting my fabrics, color schemes, design / pattern layout, and most important, (to me), who the quilt is for. So, WHY do you quilt? Is it for the love of the craft? The ability to create what will hopefully be a piece of your family history? The joy it brings you? Artistic expression? So, Why Do You Quilt? |
Wow that is almost the same way my husband thinks! he loves that it is something we can do together and he says that cutting fabric is more forgiving than cutting wood! lol
Originally Posted by purvissp
It is something I really enjoy doing with my wife. It is the first hobby I have had that we can work together on.
Plus the completed projects take up much less storage space than my woodworking projects. |
I love creating beautiful things - problem is I have NO artistic talent! Quilting lets me express myself with simple patterns and beautiful fabrics. It makes me feel good!
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love all the answers, I also think theres a connection with our grandmothers before us.
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