I just turned 50...my great-grandmother lived to be 106. :shock: Maybe I've got another 30 or 40 years to try all the projects running around in my brain!
Sherry

Ya know, when I watched the latest episode I noticed when Alex and Ricky were talking about when they graduated high school and it suddenly hit me - they are the same age as my parents! Now Ricky, Alex, please take this as a compliment - I never thought about your ages at all till today because you are both so very young at heart It put me in mind of this thread though because I do not think of my parents as old (come on, Dad and his gf just had another baby last August ), I do not think of myself as old (although my hips and back make me feel it sometimes), and I do not think of any of you as old either. Age is a state of mind!!

Well, on Ricky's birthday, I will be 54 and I have been quilting for 12 yrs. My grandmom lived to be 101.

Hey Florence, I am right behind you at age 44!! My Grandmother will be 102 this May!! Damaris

Ann!! 17!! You're only slightly ahead of George!! No wonder you're such a fun person! Truly special! Florence

I'm with you Gisela! I (think) I made my first quilt about 8-10 years ago? Ok you can tell my life's a mess, I can't even remember, BUT I truly believe I've been a quilter all my life... How's that? I loved to play with geometric art toys, colored blocks, mosaic tiles, etc. even when I was really young-- and I think if you found my old schoolwork it would be covered with quilty designs as I doodled in the borders... Some time in the early 80's I actually bought a quilt book and templates (before rotary cutters!) but something kept me from taking the plunge... There were 2 LQS's near me, and I loved to shop for fabric even then, although primarily looking not purchasing, maybe I'm lucky I didn't build a stash then! I really think if someone had only pushed me a little, I'd be a lot farther along than I am now! But my mom & grandmom knitted, embroidered, needlepointed, and sewed garments (minimal) so that's where my exposure was, (and I can do all of those things except knit...) Oh well, taking it from here... I'm 48, my paternal grandmother lived to be 103, so I'm not even middle aged yet!
Florence

BethMI wrote:
very well said.

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Anne-Lookin' good girl!

Anne, that is a neat story!!

I'm 53 and just started quilting last year. I sure wish I had started sooner -- there are so many things that I want to try!

Gisela
http://artaddworksforme.blogspot.com/

I started embroidery, sewing and maybe even quilting before I had my first birthday. Now that sounds pretty outrageous but listen to my tale of wow. I was born on the 29th of February in __00 sometime I might tell you the exact year if you really want to know but given that I didn't have a birthday until I was FOUR YEARS OLD!!!!
In a few days I will have another real birthday (this one is 17 so I will let you all do the math ) and have sewn, embroiderered, beaded, wordburned, crafted and QUILTED ever since. Life would not be the same with out my "hobbies" (PASSIONS) and I would not be the same person without them.

SO THEN I AM SEVENTEEN going on 68 (ok I did the math) and have never been happier. Enjoy your life whatever your age and do what you love.


FOREVER YOUNG, Ann

I started quilting around 24 y/o and I'm 44 now.

Yes, quilters are old, young and in between, but I, personally, enjoy the fact that quilting is and can be enjoyed by so many different ages.

My college age daughter working on her second quilt can hold a conversation with and find (to her amazement) that she has a lot in common with a 75 year old who began quilting by hand and who now does "art quilts" and sends them out to longarmers to quilt!

If you get quilters together, age differences seem to melt away. We are all searching for the same thing -- for that special quilt to admire, for the great new tool to help us cut, sew and quilt perfectly, for truly wonderful fabric, for new patterns, for luscious colors, for a quilt store we haven't seen before, etc.

A bus full of quilters will be a busy, noisy bus, and it will be filled with people of all ages.

BethMI