I have recently been in the same boat. Having people requests quilts. And of course stupid me, I do it. After this last experience, I have decided to stop. I am miserable while making theses quilts. They are not what I want to be working on. I recently made a Baby quilt for a friends daughter. the daughter has yet to send a thank you or even a phone call. the friend did call and said "daughter just loved the quilt". (Just not enough to thank me for it).
Yes I am quite upset over it all. I put time and money into it. So I have made a decision to no longer cave into the pressure of making quilts because someone ask. I am only going to make one when I want to. This is not say I will never ever give one away. I know I will, but it will be on my terms and not someone else's. It is called boundaries and it is ok to have them. Good Luck :)