My gramma could do anything, including quilting. I grew up with quilts, thanks to her. But, I started quilting because we bought a new pillow top kind size bed back before the store bought comforters caught up with the oversized mattresses. After buying and returning 3 comforters, I thought 'I can fix this!'.
So, my first project was a king sized quilt. I bought three different sets of fabric, started several different patterns--the first 3 were 8 point star out of diamond type, until I finally admitted as a novice an Advanced pattern might not be the best idea! We slept under that quilt for about 15 years. I have been quilting ever since. I made a new one for our bed last year.
I quilt for peace. My peace. I love giving them as gifts, it makes me feel good! But really, it is the stress relief. In fact, I will sometimes tell my family I am in detention, this means they can't bother me. And, every now and then my DH will 'send' me to detention, which means take some time for you.