I haven't been quilting long. But last fall I started my avatar, just because it seemed like a cool looking quilt. I was asked many times who is it for, what are you going to do with it. My answer was, I don't know I just want to make it.
As I was nearing the end of the hand quilting process, my nephew had just finished Air Force basic training asked if he would ever get a quilt I made. I asked if he liked the one I was working on and he loved it. So a home was found. Since then, I have found that whenever I start one just because it finds a home by the time it is done.