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09-30-2010, 06:42 AM
#132
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Fort White, Fl
Posts: 2,689
I am now 63 but have been quilting since I was 21. This is no different than any other hobby. Back in the day we would have started a lot younger than that. Your hubby needs to get into this century.
09-30-2010, 06:44 AM
#133
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield, Ohio
Posts: 5,446
I am 77. Been sewing most of my life but only quilting for a few years and still consider myself an amatuer. Just hope I can live long enuf to use up my stash (ha!ha!). Good you are getting an early start......more years to enjoy creating! I don't think quilting has any age limits.
09-30-2010, 07:05 AM
#135
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Woodstock, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 82
How much time does he spend on his hobbies? Is watching TV one of them? Seriously though, does that mean I can't take up tap dancing because I'm 60?
Originally Posted by MommaDorian
My husband said something to me the other day that got me thinking. He was making fun of me spending so much of my time on quilting. He said he thought it was something Grandma's do. lol He told me later that he actually wanted to tell me to find a hobby for my own age. I was kind of hurt at that comment.
But, back to my question...how old are we all? I'm willing to bet I'm not the only 38 year old mother of 3 children under the age of 12, eh?
But, back to my question...how old are we all? I'm willing to bet I'm not the only 38 year old mother of 3 children under the age of 12, eh?
09-30-2010, 07:11 AM
#136
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 1,646
I am 55. I have 2 step children both grown and 2 grandbabies and 1 due in Dec. I have only been quilting for about 2 yrs now and love working with my hands.
I started crocheting when I was around 12 yrs old. My grandmother used to do that as well as well as knitting and tatting. I learned 2 basic stitches from her and taught myself others.
Now I found quilting and it is relaxing and I love it, what one can create out of a piece of fabric.
My DH does not mind
I started crocheting when I was around 12 yrs old. My grandmother used to do that as well as well as knitting and tatting. I learned 2 basic stitches from her and taught myself others.
Now I found quilting and it is relaxing and I love it, what one can create out of a piece of fabric.
My DH does not mind
09-30-2010, 07:17 AM
#138
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: East Arkansas
Posts: 2,534
i was 74 in feb and still work 5 days a week, teach ss class, teach quilting/crochet at local rehab center and inside i still feel same as i did at 35 - outside, sometimes i feel older. does anyone really know what 74 feels like?
09-30-2010, 07:30 AM
#139
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Newberg, OR
Posts: 1,911
I'm 56--learned to quilt when I was 54. Wish I'd learned to quilt when I was 5. Think of how much experience I'd have by now and the beautiful quilts I'd be making. If I'd lived close to my grandmother who quilted, I would have learned from her. During a visit once, she taught me to crochet. I was nine. Hobbies don't have age limits.
09-30-2010, 07:36 AM
#140
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Alabama
Posts: 333
I'm being told that 74 is the new 64. How do you feel? This year the arthritis has kicked in bigtime but I'm trying to just ignore it even though I can't sew for long periods of time. I just rest awhile and get at it again.
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