To keep from eating my young!
Seriously, I've been around quilters my whole life and loved to be with grandma who hand cut, pieced, and quilted all her quilts. All hers were scrapy quilts from all the sewers in the family. That meant us grandkids could spend lots of time looking for the fabric pieced in her quilts that was used in our clothes. I also love the social time with other quilters especially when I'm helping them tie their quilts.