My guys started with backdrops and costuming. None have taken up quilting, but they aren't asking me to do their sewing either.
One is now branching out into leather top hats and goggles (steam punk style) etc. and is searching for an affordable leather sewing machine for stitching his leather fans. He's getting started in what looks to be the beginning of a profitable business.
So you never know where the young man you are talking about will go with his humble beginning.
Give him all the encouragement you can - then you can say you knew him when. . . Lol!