My Mum has only just stopped quilting and she is 96yrs, she is still knitting for us all though.

I am 27 and have a toddler, and I just started quilting this year. I did make an unfortunate "quilt" for my mom 2 years ago for Christmas, but I didn't even know enough to actually quilt it so it's a mess. She loves it though and is getting a real replacement soon!

My husband is actually really excited that I can make stuff and likes to show it off, but most of our friends and family are the same as your husband and think I'm nuts.

I'm 2* with a few years left until I hit the big 3-0. :lol: I have two little girls and I've been quilting for a year now.

That is awesome! We want(ed) a larger family, but each pregnancy is getting harder and harder on my body which worries DH and my family so we will probably look to adoption once we get settled with the new little one. I might PM you with some questions, if that's ok??


I am 26 with a 3 year old, a 17 month old, and one on the way in April. DH likes that I have found something I enjoy - I think he was feeling guilty about his fishing obsession, um, I mean, hobby :wink:

I forgot to add that I made my first quilt about 11 years ago, but just recently got back into it about a year and a half ago.

I'm 26, I have two children - 5yo and 5mo. I got my first sewing machine about three years ago and did small projects, baby blankets and some clothing. I started my first pieced quilt about a month ago, finished in three weeks. Did a second (with my 5yo) in the last couple of weeks and have just started a third. AND have a fourth planned.

I got the same thing too "isn't that an old lady hobby". I'm 30 and got a wonderful birthday present of getting to attend an 8 week quilting class. I absolutely loved it and still do. I don't have any kids just my little dog Mckye who's my fur baby and who also got the second quilt I ever made. :)

You know, I don't get that from people about quilting. I did get a little flack about scrapbooking though! People thinks its just paper and pictures, and its so much more than that!

I get comments like "I wish *I* had time to do stuff like that", well, you have time to watch t.v, don't you? If you like something you MAKE time for it.

And I have one brother in law that is a pain in the butt. He has said many comments to me about "wasting" money on all the scrapbooking paper I have, etc. My sister is a scrapbooker, so he is always riding her about it. If I was her, I'd slap him sometimes!

But, with the quilts, its different.I always get compliments, etc. Maybe because people see quilts as something that everyone uses, its an actual "useful" item? And scrapbooks are just to look at?

The only people I get funny comments from about my age(I'm 35) are usually other quilters! There's a couple that hang out at the quilt shop that are always acting like "younger" people don't know anything about quilting. Of course, I help enforce that stereotype, as I am a "newbie", but theres a LOT of young quilters that are very, very advanced.

Thank God those types are few and far between! Most quilters are very happy to help a newbie, and don't assume that just because someone is young they are inexperienced.

Made my first quilt at 20 yrs old. Quilted on and off for the next several years and then 2 years ago really got into it. I'm a very young 50! :-)

I am 55. There may be a number of grandmas who quilt, perhaps because, with their kids grown, they have more time, but quilting is all about creativity and self expression, which can bring joy and satisfaction to people of ANY age!

I'm twenty one years old and I just started quilting about...1-2 months ago. I really don't think it's an age thing - I think if you have a lot of time on your hands, you may be more inclined to quilt, although like someone else said, it's kind of something you make time for.

But being unemployed and having hours and hours of free time on my hands, I decided to dive into quilting. Boy am I glad I did! I haven't gotten any of the 'isn't that for older people' things yet, but the guy at the library did say 'aren't you supposed to quilt in the winter' when I picked up some quilting books awhile back, lol.