Oh, Cindy, what a wonderful idea! I'm 65 and am going to follow your lead - can't wait to see the expressions on people's faces!!

I will be 76 at the end of June...exactly half way through the year.
My friend Audrey(84) has been quilting for about 20 years and she started me on this obsession, so I have her to thank for giving a me a hobby that I love otherwise I would probably be stuck in front of the TV watching rubbish.
Anne

What wonderful logic Cindyaziah
Pam

I have always lied about my age , but before you say anything I have always lied and said I was 20 yrs older then I actually am. Why you might ask ? Well its very simple for 21 I look like crap but for 70 I look absolutely stunning I have only one resolution to stay on task. Happy New Year ladies. Remember you will receive many compliments adding 20 yrs to your age as compared to deducting 20 yrs

I turned 60 a couple months ago. I've been quilting since 1975.

Not the oldest...

In a few days I'll be 65, guaranteed not the oldest quilter, but I plan to live long enough to be the oldest. I'm reorganizing my sewing room and stash and everything. I has been too messy for some time and now I have time to do it. I toss a lot of the fabrics I have been moving around for many years in a big basket and when my sewing friends turn up next Monday, they can take what they want and the rest goes out. I'm so looking forward to be able to be creative again .

Rosemary, you crack me up - 'committed parenthood!"
Could be a crime for some people, but I'm sure not you!

I'm 54....kids are long gone & scattered thru out the country. I work full time with proby no chance of retiring ever! However, I'm going to start working just weekends, 3 12 hour shift, my favorite shift, so it will be like working part time for me....4 days off in a row means I can do a lot of what I want to do, sewing, working in the yard, minitrips to see friends, enjoying life a bit more

Won't be me for oldest quilter - at a mere 48, with DD 12 yrs old and in second year of secondary school - a few years to go before she flies the nest and then DH wants her room for his own office cum whisky store, Which was his original plan when we moved here, before we committed parenthood

People must be willing to reveal their ages...
I'll start: 58 and so glad to be past some of the more anxious and worrying times in life. Son graduated from high school last year, and is now in the Air Force. That means I am transitioning his bedroom into my sewing room! Semi-retired, working just a few hours a week for TQS, time to enjoy volunteer work and indulging in my hobbies. Life is good.

I love that question, Anne? I want to know too. How long has your friend been quilting?

Terrie posted about older quilters.....
I wonder how old our oldest TQS quilter is?
My friend Audrey a TQS member is 84 and spends many hours in her sewing room quilting, she makes far more quilts than me, and is always looking for new ideas.
Anne

You go girl!! Maybe we all will live to 300! (Of course all my fabric, thread, books, notions, etc etc etc might actualy get used by me instead of landing at Goodwill!)

Beverly,
What a great attitude! It sure beats the thought I've been plagued with when I walk into my sewing room, "When I die, my husband is going to put all my wonderful fabric in the back of his truck and haul it to the Goodwill." Aaurrgh!