One thing that some new crafters don't really understand that is a good time-saving tip is if you are just trying to get exp, you only need to get around 15-20% quality, after that you aren't really going to get enough or even any extra exp that makes it worth the time/effort. The exp-per-hour drops drastically doing all the steps to hq, rather than just getting 15-20% and finishing the item. I would only go for hq crafts if I was doing grand company turn ins or something, but outside of that I just got the 15-20 and never saw enough of a difference to do all the extra steps. I also stayed in my lvl 50 set til I got to 60, then my 60 til I hit 70 and then my 70 again til I hit 80, so you can make them, but you cant really hq them without lots of luck.

At least it used to be like that, if that's changed I am sure someone will correct me.