It seems to me like there was a period of time that hand crafts of all sorts more or less dwindled in popularity. Part of this I would attribute to the increase in the availability of inexpensively priced items from overseas. Then there was an upsurge in the past few years of appreciation for more locally produced handcrafted items. Many of these items are made by us retirees. However I think there is starting to be an increase in younger hand crafters as well.
In the Renfaire community we are seeing thirty something crafters beginning to join the ranks of those who have been doing it "forever" so we have hope for the future of many crafts.
Quilting is not one of the crafts represented in this environment but sewing of various other varieties is.