Originally Posted by
lindagor
I worry about hand quilting becomming a lost art. I belong to a quilting group and all of the members are elderly (except me of course!) and we can't seem to get anyone younger interested in learning.
I would suggest offering classes to teach piecing, hand quilting their masterpieces will follow. I taught my youngest to sew this past summer and she is now going to take the leap to applique by hand. My oldest wanted to make a wall quilt for her home last winter but didn't quite want it bad enough and purchased something else "that will work". But they both question me on a regular basis. I think if we all lived close to each other they would both be well on their way to becoming quilters. I have people all the time tell me they'd love to learn to quilt and I offer but I don't think they think I'm serious. For some reason people feel that they have to have money to take classes to learn and that just isn't so. I think most of us would be happy to pass on what we know.