You wrote:
"I don't get as much time to quilt as I'd like, and my skills are far from perfect, but I do enjoy it. I rarely use a pattern. Sometimes it's just fun to see where it goes."
Perfect skills? Who said that was a rule around here..? Let's hang them by a jelly roll and tickle them till they cry UNCLE...
And who said you have to use a pattern?
Sounds like someone who is working outside the box to my ears...and that could lead you to become a famous quilter someday, with books others buy...$$$
So you go girl...fit the sewing in whenever you can, don't go for perfect...that is exactly when you will never achieve it...and think outside the box.
I triple dog dare ya!