I am soon to be 33 YOA. I started quilting at 27.

Kyia

I'm 68 years old now, but I've been quilting for at least 20 years (can't remember when I started, since I've been sewing all me life--started when I was 13-14) anyway, That means I started when I was about 48. We all get old sometimes, if we are lucky, and a couple of months ago my DH and I went on a cruise and I swam with the dolphins. It was wonderful and probably something your friend thinks is only for young people. Doing "young" things is what keeps people young.
Sue

40. Started at 38 but wanted to learn since I was 10. Your male friend is wrong! lol.

I am 37 and I have been quilting for about 3 years now.

I'm 43 - I've been quilting since I was 9. My husband and my 12 year old daughter quilt! I run classes where girls as young as 7 quilt and have LOADS of friends younger than I that quilt!!!

My daughter and I each made our first quilt as high school students. She is not currently a quilter, but I'm guessing she will jump back on the bandwagon eventually like I did.

I don't consider a person to be 'old' unless they act like it...that may be at 30 or at 100!
I tell people I'm not ever going to be 'old'.

My friend Granny Snipes is the kind of older person I would like to become. She is a bouncy, vibrant individual who started college at 68 after getting her GED (thanks to encouragement from my mom) and was perfectly at home with all the 18 year olds. They voted her Spring Fling Queen! She celebrated her 90th birthday on a flight from her sister's home in Washington or Oregon (don't remember which) to Branson, MO.

When I was 35 and newly divorced I kept myself busy (staying home nites with kidlets) by crocheting. I dated a fellow that looked at an afgan I had recently completed and he said " you must have a lot of time on your hands, only old ladies crochet!". I was blown away! I have been sewing since I was 4 yrs old, recently took up quilting (couldn't ever figure out why any sane person would cut up perfectly good fabric into little bitty pieces, just to sew it back together again!). I am now collecting Social Security, have had both hips and knees replaced and some would say I am old. I don't think so! I am a proud Red Hat member, a quilt guild member, I go to a Newcomers Club here in AL where I just moved from CA, I go to church, I go to lunch and dinner, the theater, I am active (don't hike anymore, but love to dance) and don't sit around the house much! Old, I think not! Maybe it is a state of mind, but I have been out of my mind for years now! Linda

I'm 47..made my first quilt when I was 19 using scissors and every color of gingham I could find. I had never heard of a rotary cutter or "the rules". I just wanted to make a quilt for my babe. She's 28 now.. =)

I started quilting at 38. I am now 51. My daughter is 30 and started her first quilt at 29, she's still working on it having had to take a break because of the birth of my grand daughter.

i've enjoyed reading this post! My goddaughter is 12 years old and last year she did an 18 inch square log cabin quilt (with a little assistance)...just the size for her American Girl dolls! Her mother (my sister) is a quilter...has been for a number of years. Compared to her, I'm still a newbie, but my sister refers to my as the expert on t-shirt quilts when one of her friends wants advice (I've only made 4 t-shirt quilts, but the recipients like them, so I must do all right!) Oh, and might I add...My 9 year-old grandson wants to make a quilt with me from 6-inch squares of fleece I have! I'm excited!

I am turning 32 in under 2 weeks here, and while I've been working on quilting related sewing since May of this year, I have been off and on sewing other things for quite some time. But i'm addicted to UFO's. Do I still count?

I am 37 and I have been quilting over 20 years

I am 39 and I started quilting when I was 29 and sewing when I was just a wee little one. I had my first toy sewing machine at about 4 and started using the real one once I could comfortably reach the treadle, so about 8 or 9.

I will be 51 in two weeks, have been quilting since I was 22, sewing on a machine since I was in the 6th grade. My mom taught me how to embroider when I was very small.

We did a survey a couple years ago...with 295 responses.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/general...we-t50668.html

Look at all the professional quilters.
Mary Fons is very young. Ricky Tims etc.
Quilting is for every age.

I am 30 and started quilting when I was 23 years old.

Thank you all! I don't feel old at 58. I don't think any of us are old as long as we can quilt still. It takes a lot of skills to quilt and you have to be quick witted to quilt. My friend was going to get a quilt from me, but now he isn't. Not after saying only old women quilt. He can go find an old woman to quilt him one.

I tell young people who say quilting is for old ladies that 'old ladies' win thousands of dollars at quilt shows. A place or show win at a big show will pay for a lot of college hours!

The national Modern Quilt Guild is alive and active. They do wonderful, modern, hip stuff. There is an active group in Portland, Oregon your doubting friend can go to since seeing is believing.

My 16 yr old son has been quilting for 5 years.

My granddaughter just turned 9, last Winter she made 2 quilts one twin size and a small "crazy" quilt. She entered both at Coumblia County Fair (Oregon) and won best of show in Textile division (ALL AGES, not youth) for her crazy wall quilt and second place for her twin size. The photo of her with her crazy wall quilt is on the web site.
She has decided to start a "Designed by Amanda" business making girls skirts.

Me too! I'm34 and just started. Hubby, two kids & two dogs keep me from sewing as much as I would like, but I squeeze it in when I can! Oh, there is that thing called a full time job too! 😄

my 30 yr old daughter quilts. not absessively like me, but she does.

I'm 27. Started sewing when all my friends had babies about two years ago. :) I have a dear friend who's only a couple years older than me and she quilts, knits, and crochets and has been doing so since she was a teen.

33 here. :)

I am 57 but have been quilting on and off for 30 years

My young son made his first quilt at 11.

I am 31 and in the process of making my first quilt, but i have been sewing since childhood. My lqs rarely seems to have younger quilters in it, and i cant say i exactly felt welcomed, in fact thats a main reason i joined this board. Not so much to connect with younger quilters, but quilters of all ages that were supportive to the whole community regardless of age.

I am 47 and started quilting at 35 :) My 19 year old daughter does not quilt but sews clothes and crochets; she wanted a cutting mat, rotary cutter and ruler for Christmas so I hope the quilting bug will bite her eventually!

I will be 64 in March, but I started quilting when I was 8! And I don't consider 8 to be old, nor do I consider 64 to be old...My great grandmother was still quilting when she died at 103!

my daughter quilts and she is 31

I am 45 yrs. I have been quilting since a child. My granny raised and taught me to sew. She will be 100 years on August 2013.

Hahaha I'm 31 now and I started quilting at 23!! There are also many young MEN out there who quilt...a local kid opened up a shop not far from me and he was only 21 at the time (a few years ago but he's still in his early twenties). Quilting is experiencing an uptrend right now sort of how knitting did in the last decade...it's a GREAT time to be a young quilter!

I've been sewing with my grandmother since I was around 7 and 3 years ago i decided to start quilting, I am now 32. I couldn't imagine life without quilting.

This is how I would respond. Just look at the young ones who are doing blogs. Lots in the under 40 crowd!

I'm a 20 year old who quilts!

Another 80s baby here. I'm 31 and been quilting for years. The bonus these days is being able to finance my fabric 'habit' all by myself like a real adult. LOL

None of my friends or family sew. I have been referred to as grandma many times, but they all love it when new babies, weddings, Christmas and birthdays come around. In the process of making sure all my special people have at least one quilt from me. :)

57 too, been quilting for many years off and on when kids, work, etc. did not get in the way of my quilt time!

I'm a 32 years old and a male quilter and I have been quilting for approx. 7 years and I love it.

I am over 21 and although a lady of leisure I would not call myself old. Age is a state of mind iam enjoying my present age of (must ask a friend) 64 ? But I feel more like 16, 26. With no responsibility for anyone except myself. I can do what I want when I want, sound like a teenager. Going to quilting classes and listening to their conversations they would make any group of teenagers blush.
Tell your friend there are no old people quilting. Look at the quality of quilts, they are young, full of new ideas and excellent designs etc.