GailG

I'm an old woman (will be 72 in August) and I quilt. I quilt because I love it and because I now have the time to do it, not because I'm old. When I was young I sewed clothes for myself and my two daughters. I was a teacher and when I wasn't planning lessons, grading papers, preparing visual aides, driving children to ball practices, dancing lessons, and the rest of the stuff that moms do, I was volunteering at the church or taking care of my home. Now, I quilt when I want to and I keep house when I want to, or drop everything and hit the road with my retired DH; but mostly I quilt. You can tell your "friend" that he's got a lot to learn about "being old."

rosiewell

I started quilting in my 40s. One of my daughters started at age 8, there are men quilters in our guild, one was the president of the guilt for 2 years!

JoyjoyMarie

We visited my husbands daughter yesterday for a birthday celebration, and his granddaughter came by - she's in her twenties. She showed me a darling lap quilt she had made for her mother. She just recently got her sewing machine, and has been making quilts and purses and all kinds of things in her spare time. So there - it's simply fun for anyone!

willis.debra

I'm 43 and I started my first quilt top at 20.

SandScraps

Am 52 and enjoying quilting with a vengenace and passion. The only sad note is that I started only at 41. Two DDs entered quilts and won competitions with bed-size quilts at the age of 17 and 18. Our quilting group also has some 30-somethingsand 70-somethings and we are all bound together by the love of quilting. One of my dreams is to retire early and start a quilting group for under 30s.

Emily'sMom

I'm "old" now at 57, but I've been quilting since I was 15. I do other "old lady" crafts such as crochet and knitting.

JenGaile

I am 34 and love to quilt...it is a bit of an obsession. I am the youngest member of my quilt group, but never feel out of place.

cowpie2

I'm 48 - made my first quilt in my early teens. I guess I'm an old soul

Ilovemydogs

37 and have been quilting for about 10 years or so.

Marvel

I have taught very young children how to quilt for several years the 2 youngest were only 5 years old. Girls and boys alike want to create. Many have several quilts they have made. One learned a lesson on maklng Yo-Yos and then turned around and taught another boy to make them. Never underestimate children. I made my first quilt at age 10 years old. So let him know there are many young quilters out there of both sexes. Marvel