All young quilters out there...
#151
I'm an old woman (will be 72 in August) and I quilt. I quilt because I love it and because I now have the time to do it, not because I'm old. When I was young I sewed clothes for myself and my two daughters. I was a teacher and when I wasn't planning lessons, grading papers, preparing visual aides, driving children to ball practices, dancing lessons, and the rest of the stuff that moms do, I was volunteering at the church or taking care of my home. Now, I quilt when I want to and I keep house when I want to, or drop everything and hit the road with my retired DH; but mostly I quilt. You can tell your "friend" that he's got a lot to learn about "being old."
#153
We visited my husbands daughter yesterday for a birthday celebration, and his granddaughter came by - she's in her twenties. She showed me a darling lap quilt she had made for her mother. She just recently got her sewing machine, and has been making quilts and purses and all kinds of things in her spare time. So there - it's simply fun for anyone!
#155
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Windhoek, Namibia
Posts: 639
Am 52 and enjoying quilting with a vengenace and passion. The only sad note is that I started only at 41. Two DDs entered quilts and won competitions with bed-size quilts at the age of 17 and 18. Our quilting group also has some 30-somethingsand 70-somethings and we are all bound together by the love of quilting. One of my dreams is to retire early and start a quilting group for under 30s.
#160
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: eastern Oklahoma
Posts: 1,873
I have taught very young children how to quilt for several years the 2 youngest were only 5 years old. Girls and boys alike want to create. Many have several quilts they have made. One learned a lesson on maklng Yo-Yos and then turned around and taught another boy to make them. Never underestimate children. I made my first quilt at age 10 years old. So let him know there are many young quilters out there of both sexes. Marvel
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