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How OLD were you when you started Quilting??

Old 09-20-2011, 04:52 AM
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As an old dog learning new tricks I am just curious at what age you seasoned quilters started and how long have you been doing this?
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Old 09-20-2011, 04:54 AM
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I started sewing between 6 & 7 and started quilting about 12 I think, hard to remember exactly that far back!
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Old 09-20-2011, 04:55 AM
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May 1999 is when I attended a week long Elderhouse quilt class, so that means I was 63 years old.
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Old 09-20-2011, 04:57 AM
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I started sewing (clothes) at age 13 or so, made by first tied quilt in HS. Didn't really start in earnest until I me my future DH. And the rest is history.
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Old 09-20-2011, 05:00 AM
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I started about 15 years ago in high school - I started my daughter and one of her friends this summer on their 1st quilts at age 6.
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My grandma taught me to knit and sew when I was 6yrs old! I only took up quilting when my first grandchild came along in 1995! I was 53!! It all started with a Beatrix Potter cot panel!!! I have been addicted ever since!!
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Old 09-20-2011, 05:04 AM
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Originally Posted by PatchGirl
As an old dog learning new tricks I am just curious at what age you seasoned quilters started and how long have you been doing this?
I'm 56 now and started when I was 7,My mom taught me on a singer treadle 'English paper' piecing, She/I didn't know it was 'English' but that was what it was 8-) All so she taught me to make Doll dresses.
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Old 09-20-2011, 05:11 AM
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i was 15 but i dident realy start quilting till i was 21
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