I'm 57... but my sweet husband (who is turning 59 today) and I have decided to go to a 10.0 point age scale... Soooo, he's 5.9 today and I just turned 5.7... I didn't start quilting until recently, but I love it! A favorite LQS my quilting buddies and I visit have several "Qwilt Kamps" for kids during the summer... You cannot imagine how wonderful it is to look into the classroom of that shop and see 15 youngsters (boys and girls) quilting away!!
Maybe your husband needs to take up quilting too!! He'll see it is for the young, the not-so-young, and the young-at-heart...