I have a friend who lives north of me by about 300 miles and quilts for a living. I find it very hard to keep up with her, even on FB. She has two long-arm quilting machines that she uses as her money-makers (she had to find something to do after her divorce because her husband refused to pay child support or alimony, so she began to sell her hand-made quilts) but she probably has four or five projects going on them for her bread and butter, and at least as many for fun. I think she does it all for the rush she gets.
Me? Mine are all my different forms of “therapy.” Not nearly as expensive as a shrink, but far more time-consuming!
I’m OK with the quilting itself, I just don’t like to do the layering part. I only do hand quilting which is my therapy; it takes me in to a mental zone and my blood pressure immediately drops. I just finished one I started last June, and now am quilting a smaller wall hanging size.