It may not keep up the pace it's going at today but there are young quilters out there. My 19yo DD is quilting and belongs to an on-line quilt group of like-aged young women so there's a new generation of quilters out there. Her group is doing a block of the month right now, very traditional blocks but they also embrace modern and art quilts. I'm so happy to see the young people interested. As for young people not even knowing how to sew on a button or do small repairs, I know a lot of people my age that can't do that either and have no desire to learn - they just buy new clothes (or ask somebody like us to fix it for them!)