Great question. For years I watched Simply Quilts while I ate breakfast before work. Never in a zillion years did I ever even have a thought of actually doing it, even though I sewed and some of it looked doable. Then I retired and out of the blue one of my sons said "now you can make me a quilt". What? He didn't live at home this wasn't a show I talked about to him or anyone really. I said "I don't know how to quilt" and he said "well, you are retired so you can learn". Put the thought in my head. Found a quilting class and my first quilt was flannel, 3 inch squares. After that made him a microfiber quilt with fleece as batting, on point, king size, using a dinky mechanical Brother machine. It was stitch in the ditch and even that was a challenge with king size. But, I got through it, he loved it, and I kept on with the class. Turns out I really enjoy making them. So I guess the answer is I quilt for my own pleasure, even though I have given some quilts away.