BettyM

I have two daughters. The older one doesn't see how I can stand to put all those little stitches into a quilt. The younger one has done some quilting - even designed her own whole cloth quilt that I did for her wedding. Both daughters crochet. So neither has picked up the quilting bug, but neither do they have children, either! Sometimes it's those baby quilts that get them going. The older daughter is expecting in March, and I think she has done three crocheted afghans! So at least both of them are crafting!

Sewslow

Oldest GD had pants seam mended with big safety pin when staying with us. For Christmas I gave all three dorm-sized mini Janomes.

sewmom

My two girls-now 26 & 28 both made a skirt and bookbag in 4H when they were young. neither sew now. they both did a little cross-stitch-neither do it now. i gavwe my son a sewing kit before he got married and he thought it was a joke! I said- at the very least when i come over, I'll have the stuff to sew buttons back on for you. Now he's married and moved far away so i can't even mend for him. the girls and grandsons live near me so i get their mending. The oldest GS(7) saw me knitting with a round loom and wanted to learn, so that's a beginning. I have helped my friend make 3 baby quilts- does that count?

Lyn

I think it skips a generation. My grandmothers sewed (one clothing, the other quilts) My mother hated it, I am self taught and enjoy everything about sewing, my daughter tried but got frustrated and quit. She now bats her baby blues to get me to sew for her.

janice4

pretty purple quilt ;)

Deecee

My mother was a knitter not a quilter - I hated knitting! I didn't start quilting until I was over 50, so my kids did not grow up around a sewing machine but I always did craft of some kind - painting, cross-stitch etc. My kids have always been crafty in some way (son is a carpenter, daughter is a designer jeweller) and now that they are older and in their own homes they are quite interested in my quilting.

Daughter has purchased an overlocker to do some clothes/craft sewing for herself and DIL is showing interest in cross-stitching (my DH still cross-stitches).

I think there is hope for a quilting future for both of them as they get a bit older.

MadQuilter

My grandmother was a milliner. I understand that she and I have a lot in common - too bad she died when I was 2. Unfortunately, she was the most picky hand-crafter and she totally ruined my Mom's interest in it. Mom couldn't understand it when I started to teach myself handcrafts (knitting, embroidery) as a teenager and then of course quilting as an adult. I think grandma would be quite proud of me. (Although I would have to teach her that there is a reason it's called the back side and no, it does not need to be perfect on the back side)

vjengels

My daughter could care less about sewing unless she needs an emergency fix.... both of my GD's aren't interested in sewing OR cooking (????!?) My middle GS (6) likes to make things for his stuffed animals, and his cat & dog, he likes to bake with me too ( I love that child the most!) he likes to do what I like to do. Here's a foto of him in his chefs hat.

MistyMarie

A couple of years ago, I tried to pass on my love of quilting to a friend that kept admiring my quilts. I even gave her a sewing machine and bunches of fabric because she kept asking me if I could teach her. She never did anything with them, despite me offering several times to come over and help her. I think she just wanted me to make her a quilt of her own. I hated asking her back for the machine and the fabric because I would have felt like an Indian giver. Looking back on it, I wish I would not have been so generous without knowing for sure she was going to follow through. (She had four kids and I didn't want them in my house, unsupervised while we sewed, hence why I gave her the machine to use at her house.)

rahaube

Don't give up hope. My youngest daughter just started sewing/quilting this past year at the age of 38. The first thing she made was a beautiful quilt. I am so proud of her. My other daughter made a knotted quilt for her dorm room back in college. She is too caught up with work, kids, etc. for that sort of thing now but I believe she may come back to it when her kids grow up and her life is not so hectic.