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?

39! My sugar is also out of whack today so if you need me to come over there and give him the what for, it's a good day. :D

47

LOL! He ate jelly beans yesterday and today!!! I thought I hide them well.

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

I'm 42, and my Hubby teases me about hanging with the "old ladies" of course I'm the youngest one in our group :roll:

54 from Indiana, USA

53......still young in my book lol!

35

24 here! ...though I guess that makes me a bit of a baby around here.

53...there is another thread about this and someone actually took all the numbers and did an average.....tell your husband that quilters come in all ages, as well as sizes, shapes, colours and sex...I have several students, around 14-17 who have fallen in love with quilting..both boys and girls by the way..

48

I have a Peeps problem.

I'll be putting off my A1c for a little while.

53

45 right in the middle :-)

Sew, tell your DH that my son made his 1st quilt when he was 9 years old!! I also taught my great niece to quilt when she was 11..I will be 62 in a month..so guess I am an OLD lady-ish...my oldest daughter is 38 and she has been quilting for close to 20 years..so she was young when she started..I wish I had learned to quilt when I was 10!! I also crochet and I have a wood working shop..I make all kinds of wood craft!! crafty_linda_b

52 this July and very proud of it!!!!!

46 & just diagnosed as menopausal so I'll help Julie R straighten him out!

Well Iam 62

47 here

42

40 (though I will be 41 in about 3 weeks)...

Oh girls, I am going to be Seventy in two days. I love this board and what I do. We all have to get old sometime but I feel young and that is what counts. So there!!!!

64 here.
And tell your DH that 'OLD' doesn't start till you're 80!
'REALLY OLD' starts at 90...

47... and thankful to be where i am!

50 But isn't that the new 30?

I made my first quilt when I was 20-21 yr.s old, I am now 65 and a couple of hundred of quilts and comforters later. Tell him to watch his mouth or us "Old Ladies" may come and pay him a visit.

im 47 and have been quilting since i was about 40 althoughi wanted to for a long time before i started. i was laid off from my job and suffering from depression after my mom passed away and my dmil took me to a quilting class and even paid for it and most of my fabric for that first project lol. boy did the teacher earn that fee for that first class )))).
carla

63 here, so far it looks like we are anywhere from 24 to 70 so that covers close to 3 generations!!

and what was the average?

62 and I have been sewing since I was 12. My daughter made her first doll quilt at 8 and she still has it. She is 30 now.

62 and I have been sewing since I was 12. My daughter made her first doll quilt at 8 and she still has it. She is 30 now.

and what was the average?

63 but my son gave me a plaque that says if you haven't grown up by 60 you don't have to. Guess that makes me a kid.

My body thinks I'm 80 and my mind thinks I'm 30 but the calendar says I'm 56. For now, my mind still wins...

almost 57

Well, I'm 66 which will likely skew your results toward the "oldies". But I was 37 when I started, with a passion, so take that one instead!

Jan in VA

I am 55 but have been quilting since I was in my early twenties. I look at it as art, not an old lady hobby. And a gift to those we quilt for. Give your hubby an old wool scratchy blanket to use and he will change his mind.

50, started quilting at 32!

51 and a newbie as well. LOVE me some quilting!!!