gailalter

4 yrs ago I fit the age, but everything is pretty much on track. Although I have a lot of fabric I'm not sure it would total that much. I've been stashing for years. With the FQ and frame my equipment is there.

I'm truly a wealthy woman!!

marthe brault-hunt

I'm 69, have my sewing house, you can find something related to quilting into every room, When I buy equipment I go for the best quality I can afford, as a Canadian my stash value is twice the one of an American woman because we pay
around $15,00 a meter and between $3.50 and $4.50 a fat quarter.

Blanket Angel

I am way past that age, I am 86 and doing more sewing than when I was younger. Just got a sewing room all for sewing and all for me.Although I have been quilting for about 12 years, I don't have quite that much invested in tools and fabric. Th

tooMuchFabric

I think that as skills and interests go, amongst us quilters,
piecing is a separate thing altogether from finishing/quilting the project.

I definitely know people who rack up lots of flimsies, loving to do the piecing, but then never quite get them stacked and backed and quilted - don't like that part of it.

Probably that's why there is such a market for machine quilters. Maybe the machine quilters like to piece or maybe they don't, but they definitely fill a gap in getting other people's quilt tops from flimsy to finished.

debbiemoo

Well, I'm not 62 Yet! I had a sewing room, but both of my grown children moved home and now I have taken over maybe a third of my bedroom (thankfully, I have a large bedroom!) You soon realize how much 'stuff' you've acquired when you have to move it! And I think mpspeedy is right, the longer you've been quilting, the more you acquire. I started quilting 22 years ago, but I had an old $100 Sears machine and when my husband bought me a new Janome for our 25th I really got chugging! Then I found that the more I quilted, then I really wanted to start embroidery. So a few years later he got me a Bernina for another anniversary. Tools, supplies and fabric -- I'm not sure, but between what I have used and what I have given to family members who I hooked! (ha!) plus donations to my guild, I just may have. But again, it's great therapy right? What else could you do and have this much fun and relaxation!

merryhare

Almost to the age--I am 59. Yes, most likely, to the fabric but my "tools" wouldn't add up to $8500. I have a dedicated room for quilting. Most of my adult life (except for 18 years that the oldest child lived at home) I have had a sewing room. When the first child moved out, he got to sleep on the hideabed when he came home for vacations. When the second one moved out I got a guest room/computer room.
If they ever need to move home for any reason I may convert the living room to a bedroom rather than give up the quilting space..........

dgrindey

You are right on!!! I am there.

argranny

that's me. 62, sewing room, lots of tools, but I'm not sure I have that much fabric.

Grandmama Pat

Well, converting the living room wouldn't do my situation any good. I've given up three bedrooms in my home to my son and his two children. Even though he's in Iraq for another six months (I hope not any longer), I can't use his bedroom because of all his gear he has in there. My quilting and sewing is done in my bedroom. I may have to convert the dining room if this goes on more than six more months. I feel crowded in my room because it isn't that big a room. Oh, well, you do what you can where you can, right?

Dkm

Fits me.