MimiBug123

I'm 59, and have been quilting for 50 years--ooohhh. That sounds bad! Since I've been retired, I have so much more time and enjoy it so much more because I can keep 10 projects going at a time. I don't feel at all guilty now if I spend every day for a week in my quilting room! I've been there, done that, raised my family, worked for 35 years and it's my time now. Hubby and the dogs and cats understand! LOL. Quilt on everyone!

Jeanette Frantz

I shouldn't get started. This is one of my biggest pet peeves ever. Years ago, I taught certification classes for the local legal support specialists organization. In 1985, in support of my students, I accompanied them to the testing location and while I was not allowed in the room during the testing, they knew I was there for moral support. Well, my sister had just adopted a baby boy, so I was knitting something for my nephew to fill the time. Some jerk (male) came by and asked me if I couldn't just stay home and do that. I maintained my dignity with great effort! I have been sewing since I was 10 or 12. I've never won a blue ribbon, but I've also never entered competitions. I'm almost 67, and I don't consider myself old!

MrsM

Ouch! Maybe he should attend a quilt show and see how quilts are pieces of art! There is no certain age requirement or sex.

gramquilter2

My young granddaughters love to quilt and they are 5 and 10 and I do not consider myself OLD!

urgodschild2

Ok I started when I was about 28. I have sewn all my life since a little girl so going into quilting was just another step. But like an earlier post said...through the years quilting took a back seat while I did the other important stuff of raising a family and working. But now that I am retired and an old lady, I have all the time in the world. My quilt class that meets at the senior center and open to anyone over 18 has a young girl who is about late 20's.

jdeery

I started quilting when I was 22 years old, I started sewing when I was 12 and from there quilting was just a stepping
stone, I fell in love with it. I am just thankful for a Mother in Law that was also a sewer and passed on to me that passion, she left us now almost 2 years and I miss going to shows, and Lancaster, and just her wonderful way she had
of looking at everything in a positive way.

heyuitsme

29 here...made my first in high school at 17.

justflyingin

I'm not so young--49, but have been quilting for at least 6 or 7 years...

sunny42539

I have been quilting since I was in my mid 20s.

stitchingpost

I ll be 58 in aug,I started on my first quilt when I was 7,a lot of the woman folks on my mothers side quilted most all of them from ky.but my dads side is native american,and I got to live on the res,in nc,and I was taught to weave blankets and baskets,and made homemade dyes, I have passed this down to my kids,I have 14 gks and everyone of them has set on my lap when I was sewing my 2 yn gs loves it when iam sewin,he playsin my fabric,my 5 ygd got in trouble cause she cut out a patch on back of couch so she could start. A quilt, you got to love it, I just smiled but glad it wasn't my couch,