I think, for me, quilting colors the way I look at clothing ~ both colors/patterns and materials. I also have a collection of sewing machines and seem to attract the black colored ones. I like the black colored ones so that's a good thing. I alo like working on them so sometimes I have a quilting project going on plus a fixing project & typically a crochet project too. I have found that my yarn stash colors echo my fabric stash colors. Primarily purple but some blues, green too then all the other colors in varying amount.
Long story short ~ yes, it colors my other hobbies.
I too loved watching the blacksmith work with our horses. He could even get the Shetland pony to mostly behave which was a feat worth watching just to see the little buggar behave.