It's my therapy!

Because I can! :)

I too had a Grandmother and mother who did not quilt but I got my inspiration from a Great Aunt. Wish she could have seen the time I won Best of Show in a major county fair.

I quilt because I enjoy it better than making clothes. I made my children clothes when they were young, and made some of mine too. But quilting satisfies the creative side of me... and I love to see how happy my family is when they get one from me.

Hummm, I guess because it's my way of being creative.

And I can make gifts one heck of a lot cheaper than buying them. And be useful gifts

One reason I sew some of my clothes is because I can get the colors I want, the designs I want and the fabrics I want. Guess I'm a bit picky.

Because when I finish a project, I feel like I've accomplished something. Sometimes I feel like it's the only thing I do well.

Cheaper than a psycharist !

I began sewing to save money on my kids clothes but now just love to sew or quilt now that I am retired have more time. Glad I learned how to sew in school it really is a great pastime and making gifts and things for the house. Sue

I quilt because doing so....makes me happy! ( since when did I start doing something just for the fun of it?). What a concept.

My mother sewed when I was a child, but she was far too busy to show me. Like others, I first learned on a treadle machine. I always sewed a little by hand, darning socks, sewing the seam on my little brother's flannel diapers. Lol! Gosh, that just came back to me. Cutting and sewing white flannel for diapers. Long ago. Necessity, as you said.

In my career, i worked with troubled people, and I often found that people who retired with few hobbies or interests in their lives often struggled with depression and anxiety afterward. With retirement looming, I went searching for things I enjoyed from the days when I HAD free time, and remembered that I once sewed and darned, and embroidered.

i took it up again and loved the peace of it. I can do it all day, and I don't know where the day has gone. I feel productive and content when I make quilts.