I am 39,so I quess I qualify, I have been quilting for several yrs and have always had something going, painting,crafts, clothes sewing, embroidery but quilting has continued to pull me further and deeper in and I don't see myself stopping anytime soon.(It's my down time once the kids are in bed. I find that I have more in common with ladies that are older than me,(even though I have 4 kids under the age of 12) than with people my age,I love to see their quilts and hear their stories and the struggles that they weathered and the wisdom they gained,when friends comment Aren't you to young to quilt?I just come back with Life is to short,do what you love while you can. In the ladies stories they also talk of a little regret or loss ( when I retire, when the kids are older,I can't see to thread the needle anymore, I have arthritis in my hands now .Sew I don't want to wait til my eyes or hands or health fail me. My siblings and I used to tease our mother when she struggled to thread her needles and now I don't see those "eyes" like I did when I was twenty.My DD has recently gotten hooked on quilting and thinks its COOL, so if we continue to introduce the younger ones , I don't think it will be a dying art and they will continue to improve/shortcuts in the craft, look what's happened in the last 20yrs!