Question on your age
#252
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Posts: 1,274
Sewing forever but quilting for the last 4 years. Didn't start earlier because I always thought it was for old ladies. How wrong I was! I am 67 now and wish I would have started quilting 40 years ago because it is so much fun.
#254
[quote=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?[47 will be 48 in June.Tell him age does not matter it sure beats the alternative. by checking out of this world.]
I promise not to share your age (he, he) but with the few thousand on our board.
I am 44.
You are?[47 will be 48 in June.Tell him age does not matter it sure beats the alternative. by checking out of this world.]
#258
Originally Posted by SherryCat
I am a runner. In Feb I ran a 1/2 marathon (13.1 miles), Mar 15K (9.3 miles)and several 5K's (3.1 miles)since. Yesterday I ran 8 miles. Now..........tell me I am old at 61!!!!
#260
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: DC area
Posts: 417
When I was ill last summer and had to stay at home during the spring and summer, and inside I began sewing pillow cases of many colors for birthday gifts. Then added crocheted, color coordinated edges. As there was material left over, well, I watched Quilting videos on YouTube and practiced making quilts. So I was 73 when I began quilting, finally was eager to take beginner classes in December, practiced my learning on 3 quilts in January and I am off to the races. My diet is restricted, my walking not that great but quilting manages to direct my mind to happiness. Quilting has restored youth to a 74 year old, my enthusiasm, and delight in the work of my hands....that is a blessing, isn't it! It seems I really am a lifetime learner. At age 54 I graduated in Graphic Design and got a JOB! Loved it. At 65 I took many knitting classes with great enthusiasm....still knitting. PS In my quilting classes there was a new to quilting 80 yr old that I admired for investing in herself.
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