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...

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

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.

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.

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

i will be 46 nov 1,
HUGS Dora

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

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..

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

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

I'm 50 now, but started about 30 years ago. I'd say you're right on target!

I have just started, what I mean is I'm learning as I go, and I'm 60, I can hardly believe I'm that age :D where have the years gone?! I've always sewn and was making tied baby guilts with flannel no frame. Our youngest grandson, age 2, I made him several so made a large quilted changing pad for our house,we watch him every afternoon, decided to try machine quilting. I made a fall tablerunner last week -- it's OK but I have enough to make another top so will try again. Now I've got the first under my belt :lol:

I am 69 . Mother of four,grand mother of 6, great grandmother of 2, I sew, knit, crochet, embroider. I live by myself and I quilt. I even follow quilting courses. My husband told me often that he loved me because I was old-fashioned. He didn't like my mess (sewing room) but he loved what was coming out of it. Have projects, enjoy what you are doing. A quilt is as good as an apple to keep the doctor away.!

I'm 36 and have been quilting for at least the past 15-25 years.

I started quilting at 12, I am now 55. I am teaching my 25 year old daughter who is single and a chef. She is loving it. Someone told her to learn from the best - me - while I was still alive ROLOL!!!! only 55!

I am 69 and probably one of the older ones here. I started quilting in 1980. My hubby loves to see me in my studio piecing a quilt top and sometimes comes in just to sit and chat while I am working away.

HeeHee, I am using my stash as lining for my coffin. So don't look for an estate sale of material. :lol: :lol: :lol: Just kidding!!!

Well I'm 62 in body but only about 22 in mind and started quilting two years ago when I retired from work. Would have loved to have done it earlier but I didn't have either the time or the money, still, I'm making up for lost time now.

That's actually a great idea! Use your stash to line your coffin....spend eternity wrapped in your favorite fabrics. I may actually make a quilt of my favorite fabrics to be buried with. Seriously! 8-)

That's what I was thinking as well!

Blessings,
MaryAnna

Not to morbid...but I have heard of people making Casket quilts to cover the coffin and than the family is given it before the coffin is lowered like the folded flag..its mainly done for quilters..but it is done...blessings

i'm 57, have sewn since i was about 12 and always wanted to quilt just didn't start til a couple of years ago. i have 3 grown children, 4 grandchildren, 1 great grandson and a great granddaughter on the way.

All the females in my family are quilters. I started when I was 25 yrs old, and have been quilting for 40 years now. It is so much fun. My cats love it when I quilt.

I will be 60 on Christmas Day- have 3 kids, & 3 grand kids and have been quilting for about 10 years give or take a few years.

Happy Birthday!

I'm 29 years old and have been quilting for years. I'd say at least since I was 20. So don't let your husband say it is a Grandma thing to be quilting. I love this hobby.

These are my grandchildren that I taught to quilt. These are their first quilts.

I started quilting at age 8 and have53 years of learning under my belt so far, hope to have many more years of learning.
Gloria :P

I'm 56 and just started quilting about 4 years ago.

Your husband should check his facts. That's the beauty of quilting as a hobby it covers all ages and we all can learn from each other young or older. It allows for males & females. I guess all that most quilters would ask is "no bad manners"
It's also something that you can put on hold or pick up at whim. On the whole I find most quilters are willing to help each other but also non quilters as well.
My one regret is that I didn't discover quilting 20 or 30 years earlier. Will just have to sew faster to use up my stash.
Happy quilting everyone.

I am 66 and have been sewing, since the age of 11 and now
quilting for the past 10 years,

I'm 33 and a beginning quilter. I started knitting several years ago, though! I get some kidding about my hobbies, but doesn't bother me. It's what I like to do!

What would be an appropriate hobby in his opinion?

I just turned 55 and tried to make my first quilt 40 years ago, but really just got back to quilting 5 years ago. Just to keep your husband from taking his his stereotypes too seriously however, my former neighbor recently became a grandmother at 36 so you can tell him you qualify age wise. And many men quilt so they couldn't possibly be grandmothers.

I am 65 yrs.old and my DD who is 47 like to quilt also:

My 9 year old DGD nd her rag quilt. This is her second. He first was at 5.
DGS 7 is working on his second also but don't have pics yet.

I'm a 45 yr old mom of 6 kids...started quilting 26 years ago. Sat down with a stack of gingham fabric and a pair of scissors and made a quilt for my first daughter. Did not think about looking at a pattern or a book...just knew what I wanted and made it.

I'm 52 with 1 Son, 27, my Sweet Baby Girl,31, has been in Heaven 3 years. They blessed me with 6 precious grandaughters.

I took my first quilting class in 1980 I was 33 at the time with 3 kids! They area ll grown and I have 6 g-kids and love them all!

I am 63, just retired yesterday, started quilting 7yrs ago. Wish I had started when I was younger. There is so many quilts I want to make.Age is only a number. My mom uses to say" In my mind I only feel 40." That is a great way to feel when you are in your 70.
Happy Quilting everyone and may we all be Quilting when we are 80

Hi, I am 71 and have been quilting since 1983and caught the bug. I am now helping a 8 yr boy to sew. He was only 5 when his grandmother was teaching gd to quilt. His attention span is only about an hour, But that is ok. I learned to sew at the age 7 in 4H and won lots of blue ribbons. Gensquilts