I like to joke that I took up quilting just so I'd have an excuse to buy all the lovely fabrics I was always drooling over...it IS a joke but just barely! I love fabrics; I could easily spend a whole day browsing around in a new fabric shop!
I can't decide if it's a pity or not, that my love of fabric and color and design does NOT apply to clothing, at all. My closet is full of identical pairs of jeans and black tee-shirts. Simple, basic, boring....easy! I just don't care about fashion. But in my quilting, my tastes are the opposite! Bring on the bright colors, and I've never made the same quilt twice.