Originally Posted by
#1piecemaker
I think that there is a shortage of people who sew. All of the older ladies that made their own clothes have either passed away or have quit. Quilting is a dying art. We have to keep it going!!
I don't think that we can say that quilting is a dying art - look at how many people attend the large quilt shows, buy expensive machines, etc. Additionally there are a lot of young quilters in the modern quilting (along with some of us oldesters)