I'm also a quilter. I love it. I compare it to something like woodworking - I love the feeling of taking raw materials and making them into a functional finished item. I haven't attempted making a bed-sized quilt yet, but I've done lots of small projects and baby quilts. I taught myself how to quilt, but sometimes wish I had taken a class or been able to learn from someone who quilted. I feel like my projects turn out good, but there are probably little tricks/adjustments I don't know about that would make them better. Just knowing how to sew is a good start toward making a quilt.

I find both crochet and quilting to be the type of thing you don't necessarily need a lot of time to do. You don't have to complete a project within any certain timeframe. There are several phases in the quilt-making process, and you can walk away during or after any phase and come back to it later - even weeks later. With a crochet project, I keep the project in a basket on the coffee table and when I pick it up on any given evening, I might only do a few rows, or I might work at it for 2 hours, whatever I feel like.

I encourage you to try any or all of these things, Catherine! I would say of the 3, crochet is probably the easiest to learn and a very low investment. A package of hooks in assorted sizes is less than $10 and a ball/skein of yarn to play with is all you need to get started. If you try it out and don't like it, you haven't wasted a lot of time or money.