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:

well, i am definitly there, except for the age, and i'm working on that too.

Yes to all and proud of it. Just realized how wealthy I am!!

I'm also in that category! Don't tell my hubby how much I'm "worth". LOL

Added: Alot of my stuff is "old" so don't really think I have that much invested in fabric but my Fun Quilter upped the ante quite a bit.

NO!

*27 years old
*Sew at the kitchen table.
*Even with my Brother maching I MIGHT have 1500 dollars worth of tools and supplies.
*If I have 150 dollars worth of purchased fabric I'm lucky! (lol its good quality just not much of it!)

Well, I must be an oddball, LOL, because I only fit one of those.

I'm 35, I Do have my own sewing room, but I don't have anywhere near that amount in supplies and fabrics. I wish I did, though, does that count? LOL!

Maybe it's just becasue I haven't been doing it very long? Give me a few more years and I'll catch up.

I'm getting closer and closer to the age. I'm way past the room---pretty much the whole upstairs and it's almost 2000 sq feet. If you count all the machines, rulers, mats, tables, etc. I might be over on the notions thing or at least close. However on the fabric I'm WAY over.

That's pretty close to describing me, except I'm past the age...Way past!

"Maybe it's just because I haven't been doing it very long? Give me a few more years and I'll catch up."

Yes you will catch up, when the bug hits it hits hard!

I turn sixty next month and the rest seems to fit me. I think the bigger question should be how long have you been quilting? I have been doing it since 1967.

LOL, I only fit the having my own sewing room category. I'm younger than the average age and don't think I have that much invested in tools and fabric.

Interesting find, though!

Yikes, this is pretty scary! But then again I didn't know I was so rich haha
The age is the only thing I haven't attained yet :D

####Scarey isn't it? LOL I try not to think $ when it comes to quilting.

Anna

LOL!

35, with a landing that is probably 12x12? that is my sewing "room".
Counting all my sewing machines, *MAYBE* $2k in equipment. K. Maybe $3k.
Fabric...well, that's a whole other thing. Are they counting RETAIL or actual price paid? Because I'm a good deal-scouter.

yes this sounds about right, except for the age (almost there!) everything else describes me to a tee!!

Not quite 62 yet...'only' 56
Finally got my own room just for sewing last year
My Bernina might put me close to the $8,500 but I refuse to count it all up! I can't believe that I'm even close. 'closing my eyes, covering my ears & saying lalalalala'
I do have a nice little stash but not that nice! LOL!!!

I fit 3/4 items of that profile. I am 62, have a sewing room (in which I have a futon so it serves as a second guest room), and probably have nearly that much invested in fabric, thread, batting, etc. (at $8-9/yd it doesn't take long to add up to $3500; but I don't think my quilting/sewing tools total $8500. I have several (well, five) sewing machines but they are all old or, if newer, not expensive ones. Other items are primarily necessities with only a few extras thrown in.

They all work for me & lucky that DH doesn't know

I'm 35 and heavily tattooed! I have a small area that I sew in and I do not have that much invested in fabric and tools!

You are still young yet. Give it time!!!! LOL

Things don't all fit yet, but I'm sure they will eventually...

I push the top on that in most ways. Over age, over stuff, over fabric and that doesn't count the embroidery thread. That can add up quick.

Yep, that's me!

Just a few quilting statistics:
*The average age of quilter is 62 years old.
WOOHOOO I'm YOUNGER!

*About 85 percent of quilters have a room dedicated to quilting activities at home.
Is 25% of the basement considered a 'room'? ROFL


*On average, a quilter will have $8500.00 worth of tools and supplies for quilting.
Tools and supplies? Nope don't think I'm anywhere near there.
I'd guess less than half that amount.

*A quilter will also have $3700.00 invested in purchased fabric.
Nope - No Way - I have no idea - can't be that much (at least that's what I'm willing to admit to)


:lol:

Ummm, Tortoisethreads, does being heavily tatooed influence or make your quilter age older or younger? :lol:

I am 42yrs. old.
I have a small section of the livingroom.
I am no where close to having $8500.00 worth. I shop thrift shops, both of my machines cost less than $160.00.
My stash is probably less than $3000.00. I am a thrifty shopper.

Nope this is not me!

I am past the age. Seriously working on the rest.

I don't meet the age criteria but am cruising on the rest. I am currentlt working on dining room table as I attempt to organize?? I thought it was perfectly fine. You know I'm the one in there !

I'm 22

Two dresser drawers and card table in corner of bedroom = sewing area.

Only tools $199 sewing machine, two square rulers, a mat and rotary cutter. (My straight edge is the metal thing on the floor in the doorway)LOL

I've spent about $200 on fabric.

So far my immune system has fought off the quilting bug. I have too many hobbies to spend a lot on just one.

Ask again in 40 years, tho, who knows!

Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) I am well over all those statistics. I could probably help push several over the limit with my overage!

When I first read the $8500 for supplies and tools, I thought... NO WAY! Then, I considered my sewing machines, frame, rulers, mat boards, et cetera. I still have a couple thousand to go, but I will get there LONG before I am 62. I am 37, so many more years to shop.

I sew in my laundry room, but my guest room really is my fabric/quilt frame-midarm room.

My fabric stash well exceeds the amount, since I know I have well over a thousand yards. Yikes. Guess I help avaerage out those who don't. :P

Well, I'm almost there for age and all of the rest fits so I guess I am part of the average!

Nope! 44 years old, recently stole my son's bedroom when he went off to college last fall, probably about $5K invested in equipment, and hopefully less than $2K invested in my current stash! These numbers would include patterns, fabrics, and accessories for both sewing and upholstery. It also includes all of my threads & accessories for my embroidery machine. It however does not include my yarn & accessories for knitting!

I fall short on the age and fabric. I'm over on the tools and rooms. :D

I'm there except for the age. Will soon turn 55 but everything else fits. Have been sewing since the 7th grade so it took me awhile to get to where I am with the rest. I'll catch up on anything I lack. haha

I read the questions and thought "Not me".
I am close in age.
Have 'almost' always had a dedicated sewing space/room.
$8500 for tools and supplies I do not meet.
As I have been reading the responses the years of buying, using, inheriting, buying, using kept running through my mind. I could never remember all the quilts I have made. Each trip for purchases would average from $50 to $150. If it is $50, do the math. $8500 divided by 50 = 170 trips for purchashes. I know I have been sewing at least 21 years. Could be longer. 8500 divided by 21 is $404. a year. I am amazed that I may well have met more of their statistics than I gave myself credit for. Then you move on to the value of the 'inherited or value earned by thrift shopping'. If the fabric's market value is $10 a yard and you work to find it for a discount, you still have the full market value in your closet. I think that counts.
Well, how about all that. Maybe I am not as broke as I always thought I was. :lol:

Who thinks this stuff up I wonder?

* 50
* Yes
*Close to 5000.00
* Maybe, total, with all the quilts I have already done!

Not even close....

*The average age of quilter is 62 years old.
Well lets just say I have more than 25 years to hit that mark

*About 85 percent of quilters have a room dedicated to quilting activities at home.
Up until recently, I quilted on the kitchen table. When I moved, I claimed an area in the basement.

*On average, a quilter will have $8500.00 worth of tools and supplies for quilting.
Not even close. I realize that a ruler here and gadet there add up, but ... Lets just say I paid £25 for my Pfaff 2040 (I know I stole it, because no one knew at the auction what it really was. Brand new and in the box.)

*A quilter will also have $3700.00 invested in purchased fabric.
I really don't know exactly what I have invested in my stash, but it certainly is not $3700. I scout deals and rarely pay full retail.

I'm 10 years younger than the average age.
I definiately have a room dedicated to quilting, am in the process of moving now to have a larger sewing room
I probably have ? times as much in tools and supplies if that includes machines (I recently went on a "vintage machine" shopping spree )
Not sure how much in purchased fabric, though I feel like I've purchased that much from the board since I joined
:lol: :lol: :lol:

*The average age of quilter is 62 years old.
I'm pushing this real hard, I just turned 58 years old.

*About 85 percent of quilters have a room dedicated to quilting activities at home.
Yes, I have a sewing room, opps I mean "Sewing Studio", Fons & Porter said if your machine sets out longer than 24 hours, the room is considered a "Studio"!

*On average, a quilter will have $8500.00 worth of tools and supplies for quilting.
I really, really hate to admit this, but....I believe if you count everything, sewing machines, serger, irons, rulers, mats, tables, files, storage racks, plastic boxes, pins, pencils, patterns, books, thread, scissors, pincushions, special lights, sewing chair, I could come up to this amount.
Please don't tell Hubby!!

*A quilter will also have $3700.00 invested in purchased fabric.
I take the 5th Amendment on this one!! MUM is the word!