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running1 09-30-2010 09:40 AM

I'm 57... but my sweet husband (who is turning 59 today) and I have decided to go to a 10.0 point age scale... Soooo, he's 5.9 today and I just turned 5.7... I didn't start quilting until recently, but I love it! A favorite LQS my quilting buddies and I visit have several "Qwilt Kamps" for kids during the summer... You cannot imagine how wonderful it is to look into the classroom of that shop and see 15 youngsters (boys and girls) quilting away!!
Maybe your husband needs to take up quilting too!! He'll see it is for the young, the not-so-young, and the young-at-heart...

ChubbyBunny 09-30-2010 09:50 AM


Originally Posted by Marge L.
Quilting for about 22 yrs. Have 5 children, ages 63 to 39, 10 DGC & 15 DGRC. I'm 84 and really don't feel that old. No meds at all and no one believes me. I have at LEAST 16 yrs. to go before I give up and I'm not kidding. LOL

GO Marge!!! I wanna be just like you when I "grow up." :thumbup:

Knit 09-30-2010 10:11 AM


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?


I am very offended by his comment. I am 34 and I quilt. Check out the link to Modern Quilt Guild and let him know that all these quilters are 38 and under and very educated. They all have degrees and a real job by day and quilt at night.

Laurette 09-30-2010 10:24 AM

My daughter is 27 with 1 and one on the way. My niece is 29 with 2 little ones . Another niece is 29 with 2 little ones. Another niece is 26, not married yet. I also taught a neighbor that wanted to learn to quilt. She is 2? with her first on the way. They all quilt. It is no longer a grandma hobby.

kittycats 09-30-2010 10:35 AM

I'll be 63 in Oct. Started to quilt about 12 years ago

Dora 09-30-2010 10:36 AM

i will be 46 nov 1,
HUGS Dora

quiltingranny 09-30-2010 11:01 AM

I just turned 63 but my 39 year old daughter (mother of 2)also quilts and has been for 13 years!!

Mar_ie 09-30-2010 11:01 AM

I'm 59 and a great grandmother to one, grandmother to 8 and mother to six..It's only now in my life that I have time and a spare room to start to learn to quilt a whole quilt ..Would have loved to learn all this many years ago..

mrsbushley 09-30-2010 11:02 AM

I haven't been quilting for very long but I am 35 now.

Derla 09-30-2010 11:12 AM

I'm afraid I fit right into your husbands picture of a quilter -- I'm 76. When visiting South Korea, I learned to not be reluctant to tell my age as about the first question one gets there is "How old are you." Your age is what determines how much respect you are shown.

Any way, I digressed. I'm 76 years old and have been quilting about 20 years.

Derla


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