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RenaB 09-20-2011 05:12 AM

I was 41

Tartan 09-20-2011 05:12 AM

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!

sparkys_mom 09-20-2011 05:15 AM

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. :)

loves_2_quilt 09-20-2011 05:21 AM

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.

NDQuilts 09-20-2011 05:31 AM

I started in college about 10 years ago.

Beachbaby12 09-20-2011 05:38 AM

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.

Lori S 09-20-2011 05:50 AM

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.

Great-great granny 09-20-2011 06:01 AM

54 - WOW that was 23 years ago - where did the time go :(

gollytwo 09-20-2011 06:04 AM

I started in the mid 1970s - so I was 39 or 40

Hurricane 09-20-2011 06:07 AM

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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