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quiltmouse 04-28-2011 07:09 AM

Sorry, I don't have time to read 32 pages.

I am 54. Made my first quilt (throw) at 12.

thequilterslink 04-28-2011 07:09 AM

59 here and i was youngest in my group, but we are getting a few younger ones.

mimom 04-28-2011 07:10 AM

42

j 04-28-2011 07:14 AM

I am glad to see the younger quilters out there. I only started 2 years ago and I am 76. - J.

Roberta 04-28-2011 07:15 AM

69 here which makes me older then dirt I guess in your DH book.

DeniseP 04-28-2011 07:15 AM

I'm 46 now, but started quilting around 25 years old. I wasn't an old lady then and I'm not now.

hspirit_99 04-28-2011 07:17 AM

63 and 1/2

KSue 04-28-2011 07:20 AM

64 come July

jillnjo 04-28-2011 07:25 AM

54 with lots of dreams for the future!

hudgoddess 04-28-2011 07:25 AM

52

grannypat7925 04-28-2011 07:26 AM

78 and still kicking!

Marty K 04-28-2011 07:27 AM

sorry to mess up the average...75, and a beginner!!!! but the oldest in our quilting group by a long shot!!!!

3TreeFrog 04-28-2011 07:30 AM

I am 45 years YOUNG, so your husband is a butt head! lol

TreeFrog

MelodyWB 04-28-2011 07:30 AM

I'm 63 and I don't feel old (most days) I've been quilting for 20 years..my group of quilting friends range from 48 to 81(she's more active at times than I am..lol..) and you can tell DH that 4 of the top quilters today are men..not old ladies!!

marlene tarzwell 04-28-2011 07:32 AM

I'm 57 and my sugar has always been out of whack since 2000.Today it is 53, yesterday was 105. Plus my 10 yr. old grandson loves to quilt with Nana.

Pat P 04-28-2011 07:32 AM

Tell you DH wisdom outlasts youth anyday!! We've all been young at one time, clocking in at 65. Done paid my dues!

quilter 76 04-28-2011 07:32 AM

Hi I started makign quilts with my mom at age 5. I am now 76 and still make lots of quilts for charity.
Anna from Washington State

Scrap Happy 04-28-2011 07:33 AM


Originally Posted by mosquitosewgirl
50 But isn't that the new 30?

LOL!! Good one.

I'm 50. Made my first quilt when I was 20.

katsewnsew 04-28-2011 07:33 AM


Originally Posted by kuntryquilter
I have always heard if a woman tells her age, she will tell anything. So just let me say, I am as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth. LOL

Loved this!!!!
63 years young and loving it!

ywilma 04-28-2011 07:34 AM

76

ywilma 04-28-2011 07:34 AM

76

TerryQuilter 04-28-2011 07:35 AM

62 and aint nothin' I caint do :!: :!: :!:

grandme26 04-28-2011 07:36 AM

I just turned 70 yesterday and do not consider myself old.

tmg 04-28-2011 07:37 AM

I am 38

catrancher 04-28-2011 07:37 AM

57 next week.

SamanthaLee 04-28-2011 07:38 AM

30

Maggimae 04-28-2011 07:38 AM

63 here and proud of it! My daughter made her first quilt at 10 years old and she just turned 41! In our guild we have ladies from 12 to almost 90 so there! Age is just a state of mind anyway! :D

FroggyinTexas 04-28-2011 07:39 AM


Originally Posted by SewMomma66
Hello All, my husband is being a butthead. Probably because his sugar is out of whack. He is giving me grief about quilters being old ladies. So I thought where better to take a pole and figure out the average age of quilters these days.

I promise not to share your age (he, he) but with the few thousand on our board.

I am 44.

You are?


And what difference would it make to your husband or anyone else whether most people who quilt are 10 or 110?
Are people supposed to stop doing something or fail to start doing something because they have reached a certain age? Do men quit whatever it is they do or fail to start something because they reach 60, 65, 70 or 75?

fozzie 04-28-2011 07:39 AM

I'm 63 and feel 36 sometimes. Happy Birthday grandme26 for yesterday.

Covered in Threads 04-28-2011 07:40 AM

Just turned 56 earlier this month but just so your hubby knows, I am a member a guild with almost 100 members, ages ranging from 13 to (only God knows), male & female ta' boot!

KLO 04-28-2011 07:41 AM


Originally Posted by erstan947
I'm 64 this summer....guess that getting pretty old lady-ish:)

This is exactly me also ... although I still think of myself as youngish most days. I am the second youngest in my quilt group but that is only because we meet during the day and most of the younger women are working or have small children to tend to during the day. My Guild has a huge mix of ages. So, how old is your husband and who does he hang out with?

aronel 04-28-2011 07:43 AM

I'm a very young 59.

Nikki and Co. 04-28-2011 07:44 AM

Tell DH that It's only a number!! 64 here and I plan to make it to 100 so I can finish all my projects :)

terri123 04-28-2011 07:44 AM

74

Finally found time to quilt!

sgardner 04-28-2011 07:46 AM

42 now, but geeze, I started quilting when Emilie was a baby- she's 16 now. So that means I was a quilter in my mid 20's. The problem with youth is competition for money between fabric and diapers, and for time to do it. If I had no problems with money then, I would have been making quilts for every bed and every doll the kids possessed!

macygma 04-28-2011 07:46 AM

60 but a VERY YOUNG 60! LOL

sandybuttons 04-28-2011 07:47 AM

64 but I think a fairer way would be to ask when did you start quilting.. Just think how many started as a child and are still doing it, says alot about the love of quilting.

Margie 04-28-2011 07:49 AM

I guess I am an "old Lady" 68. I sew for charity. Take care of grandchildren when the need arises. Walk 2 to 4 miles a day. Take care of my home and garden, make our bread and cook mostly from scratch. There are women much younger who might not do as much. "old lady" is a state of mind....depends on whose mind. Tell hubby there are "old men" who watch sports....does he? lol

NannySandy 04-28-2011 07:50 AM

53 here.

Pete 04-28-2011 07:52 AM

Sorry - I am 69 11/12


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