All young quilters out there...
06-01-2012, 11:16 AM
#103
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 7,312
I need to introduce him to my 8 year old great niece. One day last summer after she had been over at my house, her dad came and took her home. Their neighbor was out and asked her if she had been playing over at her aunt's house. Her dad told me she looked at him, smiled, and said, "No, I sewed. I'm a quilter, you know!" I was so proud of her!
06-01-2012, 12:11 PM
#105
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Peru, Indiana
Posts: 1,511
I turn 22 next week, and have quilted since I was 20. Before that, I sewed garments and knitted. I'm only one under 40 in my guild. Don't get me wrong, I love my girls at guild and we have a blast at retreat, but it gets a little lonely, because I'm at a different stage in life (i.e. young, newly married, college) and it would be nice to hang out with another quilter my age who has the same taste in music, movies, etc. but can still drool over fabric! Ah well, one can dream 
06-01-2012, 02:00 PM
#106
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Oregon
Posts: 809
I am 51 now but have been passionate about quilts since I was in high school. I didn't have time to quilt when my kids were little, but now it is my creative outlet. Fabrics and methods have changed, as have the reason most quilt. I work in an office all day, putting numbers on a spreadsheet doesn't give me the feeling of satisfaction the making something with my hands does. Quilts are the artistic medium I create in. The colors and textures of fabric are soothing and relaxing. My vintage sewing machines just enhance my appreciation of the history of this craft.
06-01-2012, 02:13 PM
#107
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Slidell, Louisiana
Posts: 6,951
That's silly! I'm 50, have been quilting for about 8 yrs, have always loved to sew, cross-stitch, do crafty things, etc. I really don't think age has anything to do with it! You either love it or you don't!
06-01-2012, 09:39 PM
#109
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Groves TX
Posts: 53
I am 32. I learned to quilt as a teenager. I don't get to do it as often as I would like due to other life commitments. I also garmet and costume sew, as well as build armor for another hobby, work on cars, ride motorcycles (all kinds) and I love to read and am a professed nerd/geek who loves video games and comics. I can also crochet, embroidery, cook, and do basic carpentery. There is no specific "type" or age that quilts. I think that people should try new things as often as possible...you never know when you will find a hobby that you are passionate about and passion knows no age.
06-01-2012, 10:35 PM
#110
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Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 40
A male friend (?) and I were talking the other day and I told him I quilted and he said only old women quilted. I'm 58 and said I wasn't an old woman and didn't know what constituted an old woman. I told him that women and men of all ages quilted. I said there were many 20 and 30 year old people who quilted. Any of you want to come forward and let yourself be known so I can tell my friend?
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