"This was pre-internet times & quilting became such an obsession that all she did was quilt & work"
I think this could be true of many hobbies... my ex was a "ham" radio operator.. he would be up about 5a...work from 8a to11:30 home for lunch than back to work at 1p and home by 4:30...rest of the time was on the radio.. Didn't go to bed till about 11ish and sometimes later.. I would often wake up during the night and he would be on the radio again..he had trouble taking the trash out... should have left him long ago.
Any hobby can become an obsession and the internet and boards like this one can easily become one. The thing that bother's me to is the lack of exercise and weight gain of so many of us quilter's...I am right there with them and I am worried that the older I get the harder it is to lose.