Hi Angelica, welcome, you have heard all the best advice already!
I also like to do everything from scratch, cooking, growing stuff in the garden TO cook, etc. I like to make things with my own 2 hands.
I am new to quilting too and taking a class; I started my first quilt last September, and still working on the top. When I get done I plan to hand-quilt it as well, whatever it takes.
For whatever my second quilt will be, I am going to try the Quilt As You Go Method (QAYG) where the blocks/rows or columns are quilted in small sections then assembled. I have older mechanical machines, non-computerized - because I am into heavy metal (joke!) - and I'm not clear on how I would manipulate a bed-sized quilt back and forth and still have it come out OK. Maybe when I become more proficient.