"Quilters" do you fall in this category?
#261
Originally Posted by pvquilter
Read this in an article and thought I would share:
Just a few quilting statistics:
*The average age of quilter is 62 years old.
Sorry I am only 39 years old
*About 85 percent of quilters have a room dedicated to quilting activities at home.
I have a sewing TABLE in my Kitchen/Family Room
*On average, a quilter will have $8500.00 worth of tools and supplies for quilting.
Including my two sewing machines and supplies Maybe $2000.
*A quilter will also have $3700.00 invested in purchased fabric.
In Fabric I have maybe $800 worth. A lot of it was given to me or is left over from my children's clothes.
Is this you? I know I fall in that category. Give me your thoughts. :lol: :oops: :roll:
Just a few quilting statistics:
*The average age of quilter is 62 years old.
Sorry I am only 39 years old
*About 85 percent of quilters have a room dedicated to quilting activities at home.
I have a sewing TABLE in my Kitchen/Family Room
*On average, a quilter will have $8500.00 worth of tools and supplies for quilting.
Including my two sewing machines and supplies Maybe $2000.
*A quilter will also have $3700.00 invested in purchased fabric.
In Fabric I have maybe $800 worth. A lot of it was given to me or is left over from my children's clothes.
Is this you? I know I fall in that category. Give me your thoughts. :lol: :oops: :roll:
#262
Originally Posted by pvquilter
Read this in an article and thought I would share:
Just a few quilting statistics:
*The average age of quilter is 62 years old.
*About 85 percent of quilters have a room dedicated to quilting activities at home.
*On average, a quilter will have $8500.00 worth of tools and supplies for quilting.
*A quilter will also have $3700.00 invested in purchased fabric.
Is this you? I know I fall in that category. Give me your thoughts. :lol: :oops: :roll:
Just a few quilting statistics:
*The average age of quilter is 62 years old.
*About 85 percent of quilters have a room dedicated to quilting activities at home.
*On average, a quilter will have $8500.00 worth of tools and supplies for quilting.
*A quilter will also have $3700.00 invested in purchased fabric.
Is this you? I know I fall in that category. Give me your thoughts. :lol: :oops: :roll:
#264
Originally Posted by pvquilter
Read this in an article and thought I would share:
Just a few quilting statistics:
*The average age of quilter is 62 years old.
*About 85 percent of quilters have a room dedicated to quilting activities at home.
*On average, a quilter will have $8500.00 worth of tools and supplies for quilting.
*A quilter will also have $3700.00 invested in purchased fabric.
Is this you? I know I fall in that category. Give me your thoughts. :lol: :oops: :roll:
Just a few quilting statistics:
*The average age of quilter is 62 years old.
*About 85 percent of quilters have a room dedicated to quilting activities at home.
*On average, a quilter will have $8500.00 worth of tools and supplies for quilting.
*A quilter will also have $3700.00 invested in purchased fabric.
Is this you? I know I fall in that category. Give me your thoughts. :lol: :oops: :roll:
I have a studio. We just call it my room though.
With my last machine purchase I probably have that much in supplies.
I have way more than that in fabric though.
#266
I am like you GrammyPatty7. My room houses my computer, sewing machines 2+ over locker plus another one coming cost about 6,000 and so much fabric that I don't know the value plus colored boxes to put my fat quarters color coded so I can find the right thing when needed. Storage boxes and10 plastic drawers, all full of fabric plus at the moment my table is full of fabric while I am making a quilt. I only clean up when I have finished the quilt. Don't know the total cost but I've been quilting for 10 years, but been sewing since 4yrs old. In those days you were taught to sew in pre-school. Now kids do not learn until they are in high school. I am now 58 .
#267
Annya, now they are lucky if they do learn to sew ever or so it seems. I moved here with 1 sewing machine 5 years ago and now have 3. Of course I had to add a little one to take for classes and last fall had the opportunity to buy a new Pfaff Quilt 4.0 and love it. I kept my 6 year old Pfaff as a back up although he sure wanted it on trade in. Knowing I'd get spit for trade in I told him it would be worth it to me to keep it for when mine has to go into the shop. Each has a place in my life though. When we did our quilted sweat shirt class project I took my Pfaff in as I refuse to buy a walking foot for my little Baby Lock Maria. It's a good little work horse and great for piecing but if I'm quilting, I want m Pfaff with the built in walking foot and that's all there is to it. I didn't start sewing as young as you but sure was fascinated sitting and watching my Mother sew on her Singer Treadle Sewing Machine. She was a good seamstress and I have no clue where, when or how she learned as it was never mentioned.
Originally Posted by Annya
I am like you GrammyPatty7. My room houses my computer, sewing machines 2+ over locker plus another one coming cost about 6,000 and so much fabric that I don't know the value plus colored boxes to put my fat quarters color coded so I can find the right thing when needed. Storage boxes and10 plastic drawers, all full of fabric plus at the moment my table is full of fabric while I am making a quilt. I only clean up when I have finished the quilt. Don't know the total cost but I've been quilting for 10 years, but been sewing since 4yrs old. In those days you were taught to sew in pre-school. Now kids do not learn until they are in high school. I am now 58 .
#268
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Angelarose - you probably can find a stitch in the ditch foot for your Janome. I have one for my Brothers but have not looked for one for my Janome. Brothers and Janome are both made by the same company, so one should be available for the Janome. I also love my little 12 pound Janome.
#270
I only learned the treadle machine when I got married, my mother in law only had that and she made and patched clothes on it. It went when she died 25 years ago. Good when the power went out. My little Janome is good and light for classes but Boy! the 6600p is a heavy machine. I agree you really need 2 so if some thing goes wrong and you are working on a project you can use the other one. The new one(for me) is a Brother, with ALL the cards, etc, that Vera bought during the time she had it. I don't mind $1500 for a second hand machine that the $10-12 thousand for a new one.I won't be taking that one far from home, it is heavy too, I am a pensioner and have to save for everything I want or need.
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