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sew_it_up 09-30-2010 06:36 PM

I will be 66 in 24 days - Good Heavens!! How did that happen? I started sewing at age 12 and started quilting at 35 - after my children had moved out. I had more time or so I tell myself.

CarrieAnne 09-30-2010 06:39 PM

I am 42, with three kids, 22, almost 21 and 17. Learned to quilt from Ex mother in law when the kids were just little!

luvspaper 09-30-2010 06:41 PM

I'm 42 with three kids (15,15 and 10) and I have been quilting since 21. Luckily DH knows better than to say something like that!

cpfrog 09-30-2010 06:42 PM

Started in my 30's with 2 young boys; became immersed at 45 after they went to college; now retired and approaching 65 with 8 GC... and not enough time to make all I would like to! Such is life.

Quilter Day-by-Day 09-30-2010 06:45 PM

i was 49 when I started teaching myself how to quilt. I'm now 53 and having the best time of my life. I wish I had known how to make a quilt at a much younger age.

sylviak 09-30-2010 06:46 PM

Retired and 66. I made my first quilt at 30 to save the poor bedraggled comforter my little daughter pulled all over the house. I didn't really get into it until about 6 years ago, but haven't looked back. I have 3 grown kids and 6 grandkids (9 mo to 20 yrs). Fortunately, my DH is very supportive!

lnikkers52 09-30-2010 07:15 PM

What is a Hobby your age? maybe he's just lonesome and needs to be babied :) IM pushing 66 three kids 5 gkids 6gkids and iv'e only been quilting or trying to for 5 years

yomomma43 09-30-2010 07:34 PM

I have sewed since I was in junior high and made all of my own and my children's clothes until I started working at age 30. I'm now 53 and have 6 grandkids and another on the way. I just finished my MBA and promised myself I'd do something I love.... back to sewing. The quilting thing is something I just tried and have loved for the past 3 months. Youtube and the library have been my best friends. No hobby has an age limit.

LogCabinLady 09-30-2010 09:37 PM

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I only started quilting 5 years ago. I will be 70 in NOvember. Oh man, I can't believe I actually said that. Anyway, I not only quilt, and oil paint, but I camp and ride ATVs with my husband any friends. We just got home from a ride today. There were 18 bikes and 15 couples. What a good time we had. Some of the people are in their 80s and the youngest in the 50s.
Age is only a number.
I love life, family, friends and God is good.
Karen

Here we are today. At the top of tower mountain on a helicopter pad.
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IBQUILTIN 09-30-2010 11:29 PM

I have to profess to being a grandma,. but I started quilting at about your age. There is never a craft that is age specific tell that guy to go find a golf club


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