WMUTeach - that is a great quilt!
I began quilting about 7 years ago, though spent about half of that only making quilts for my dogs before I felt like I could make anything human-worthy. I work full time in health care (more than full time it feels like...), so my time available for quilting is rather minimal and my skill progression has been slow as a result. I enjoy it when I do get the time and am very lucky to have a husband that supports me hiding away in my quilt room at times and going to quilt retreats, etc (He even hand built me my sewing/cutting table!). I have recently started exploring more modern-esque styles of quilting. I think I am drawn to that simply because I am not good about following rules and since I am self taught, I never really learned the rules anyway. so it all works out!
After putting together all the birthday packs, I have gone a little overboard in cutting additional squares for my collection, so I will have quite a selection once August rolls around! Looking forward to it.