I sincerely hope you are feeling very encouraged--I just read through ALL the responses and certainly agree--you should keep on doing what you love and DO NOT FEEL GUILTY about it.
I used to spend hours and hours reading--no one really benefited except me and the author/book store. My quilts go to so many places and many people benefit. When you find an outlet yours will too. I wonder if you have thought about checking with your the local quilting guild--our guild gives quilts to several "causes".
Above all, keep on doing what you love to do.