Don't expect non-quilters to love hearing about what you do. It's like talking another hobby: genealogy; their eyes will begin to glaze over.
If you give a quilt -- or anything you've made, away -- be prepared to really "let it go", as in, you can't control how they treat it or what they do with it.
Also: be prepared to grow bored with whatever project you are working on before it is finished; this is where doggedness comes in. When it's done, you'll love it again.
Be prepared to make mistakes on anything cut or sewn after midnight.....unless you slept all day!