This is the location for quilts on the Ralph Lauren website. They are not as impressively laid out as in the store as there were some displayed on beds with wonderful choices for sheets. You know display work. It is fantastic when some one really cares.
http://www.ralphlauren.com/family/in...ewall&view=all

Within 35 miles of me are 4 quilt shops (one is new). Within 60 miles are 6. I don't think it's dying. We also have 2 shops that sell sewing machines and longarms. We also have a Hancocks and a Joanns. I think the only place quilting/sewing is dying out is at Walmart. All the shows that pop up on different channels that are dedicated to sewing, all the quilt fabric stores online.......naw, I think it's a booming business!

Wow! I just can't imagine that many options being so close! That's great!

Here, in the middle of the country, we gain quilt members, in our guild, almost every month. We have two neat quilt shops and both give classes for every level of student and the classes are always full. Lots of young moms are taking up quilting. We have a daytime and an evening guild so the younger people can still share what they are doing. Lots of these bring their quilting to work and stitch on breaks and lunch hours. Someone sees what they are doing and they are teaching others on their breaks.

Forgot, just read somewhere that quilting was a 3.8 billion dollar business. Might have been in a quilt magazine? Just call it a senior moment. grin

Quilting like any other art has recycle periods. Years ago, beads were the thing and people got tired of them. Now they're back. My mother used to say about clothing designs, "Wait 20 years and it will be back."

Our guild has 186 members. It started with 25 in 1984.

There are 21.3 million quilters in the USA, and it is a 3.58 billion dollar industry.

IMHO it is a resurgent art. 30 years ago when I first quilted, no one was doing it. Now I seem to meet quilters around every corner. And if they don't quilt, they know someone who does.

I think it is actually growing in popularity! All the classes that I attend are filled with people from about 30's and up...lots of the younger set. So..thats good news, right??!

It will never die and it can be revived. Swedish Weaving and Huck Embroidery that was so popular in the 30's and 40's has had a rebirth and quilting can do the same. Teach your daughters and granddaughters.