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The relationship between quilting and wellbeing.

Emily L Burt¹, Jacqueline Atkinson

¹Department of Public Health and Public Health Policy, University of Glasgow, 1 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK.

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|June 8, 2011

Summary

Creative craft hobbies like quilting significantly enhance wellbeing by fostering cognitive, emotional, and social benefits. This study highlights quilting

Area of Science:

Public Health
Psychology
Sociology

Background:

Wellbeing promotion activities are limited and under-researched.
The link between creative hobbies and general population wellbeing is largely unknown.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the relationship between creative craft hobbies and wellbeing.
To understand how quilting contributes to participants' wellbeing.

Main Methods:

Conducted 29 semi-structured interviews with women in a quilting group.
Explored participants' ideas and experiences of quilting concerning wellbeing.
Utilized thematic analysis on transcribed interviews.

Main Results:

Identified cognitive, emotional, and social processes crucial for wellbeing.

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Quilting provided productive time use, free creativity, and psychological uplift through color.

Participants experienced flow, skill development, social connection, and enhanced self-esteem through quilting.

Conclusions:

Creative craft hobbies, like quilting, serve as meaningful avenues for wellbeing enhancement.
The study provides a foundation for future research on creativity and hobbies.
Quilting offers benefits beyond personal satisfaction, including social connection and altruistic purpose.