Do you refer to your quilting as a "hobby"?
#161
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Manitoba, Canada
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Although I am new to quilting I do it because I enjoy the process and seeing the finished project. When I look through the beautiful quilts you all display here I can't help but think of quilting as a form of art and what wonderful therapy it is.
#163
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Dupont, WA
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Quilting is a lot of things for me. It all depends on the day we talk. This week it has been therapy because we are moving and I am overwhelmed. Last week at a fabric store it was a hobby cause you can't tell total strangers about your "therapy" like that. Last month it was my passion. I was on this board and shopping for hours at a time almost everyday. Someone has paid for a quilt so next week it will become my job but only for a fews weeks then we may switch back to therapy or passion. We'll see.
#165
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: West New York, New Jersey
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It's both a hobby and a passion. I imagine there are stamp collectors who feel the same, passionate about their hobby as ours is to us. Same for any pasttime (pastime?) that gives someone joy.
#169
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: York, South Carolina
Posts: 263
Originally Posted by so-sew
I'm unsure where my distaste for the word "hobby" stems from, but it feels like people are minimizing the commitment a quilt requires when they refer to my quilting as a "hobby". Stamp collecting is a hobby. I like to think of it more as an art form, in which I have "vision", and then skillfully bring that to fruition. Just curious how you all feel about it. :?
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