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    Old 09-20-2011, 05:12 AM
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    I was 41
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    Old 09-20-2011, 05:12 AM
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    Started sewing about age 10 I think. Made my first "crimpaline" quilt at 18? That is what they called the knit polyester fabric here at that time. Yes, it is still going strong approx. 35 years later!
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    Old 09-20-2011, 05:15 AM
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    I made my first quilt in a class at a LQS in October 2008. I was 69.

    Years ago, I used to make some clothing but I was never an enthusiast. I had to purchase a new machine to take the class as my old Singer was pretty much defunct. Probably someone on the QB purchased it for a song at the Salvation Army. :)
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    Old 09-20-2011, 05:21 AM
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    I was 48 when I started quilting. I had sewn garments/crafts for many years before I started. I watched Eleanor Burns, Kaye Wood, and Georgia Bonesteel for years before I started.
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    Old 09-20-2011, 05:31 AM
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    I started in college about 10 years ago.
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    Old 09-20-2011, 05:38 AM
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    I will be 62 tomorrow - can't believe it! I started about 10 years or so ago on my own. I did take one workshop and attended many quilt shows. I have learned many other types of needlework: embroidery, crocheting, knitting, needlepoint, cross stitch. Quilting has been quite a challenge to me. My favorite is hand quilting my Grandmother's flower garden. Piecing for machine quilting has been harder but fun.
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    Old 09-20-2011, 05:50 AM
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    I am a PRC quilter. ( PRC=pre-rotary-cutter). I can still remember when the rotary cutter was first introduced .... WOW did it ever change things in a hurry.
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    Old 09-20-2011, 06:01 AM
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    54 - WOW that was 23 years ago - where did the time go :(
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    Old 09-20-2011, 06:04 AM
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    I started in the mid 1970s - so I was 39 or 40
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    Old 09-20-2011, 06:07 AM
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    I started in 1995. I was 43 and I took a hand quilting evening class at my local high school. It was so much fun and I never stopped quilting. Learned a lot along the way.
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