I may not be 40, but I made my very first quilt in my 30's.
Been sewing since age 10, and would have started quilting much younger, but I had never been around it.
My mother took a class after i got married.
My grandma made us all our own quilt, but she live hours away and I never saw her working on one.
I am already teaching one of my five year old granddaughters.
This may have been 'an old lady thing', years ago...but no more...and it ain't just for ladies :wink:
It's for anybody smart enough to know a good thing! :D