"Age" Related Slump
#71
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 289
Hi there - I read a lot of the replies and agree with them all! I seem to be in an "age related slump", (62 1/2), but thanks to all the GREAT responses, I am feeling better! No one knows whats ahead, but girl, you do what makes YOU happy, no matter what!! Let us know how you are doing. We sure do care.
#72
HI I am going to be 77 this year and I to wonder what I will do with all the quilts I have made. I am sure when I am gone the children and grandchildren will want them. Right now they are in to a more modern mode. I feel some quilters are like poets " more appreciated when we are gone" LOL
I have decided to just keep on quilting to keep my mind going and spend my time doing something I enjoy. I am now trying to use up my fabric by making a scrappy quilt.I am more of a project shopper than a stash builder, always have been. Every time I come on this board I see something I want to make or try , It makes you feel like you will have to live forever.
I also just like to be here it keeps me motivated and I look forward just coming on to read and check things out. Kind of like being with a group of friends that have a mutual interest.
Whew I am talkative this early in the morning.
Pickle
I have decided to just keep on quilting to keep my mind going and spend my time doing something I enjoy. I am now trying to use up my fabric by making a scrappy quilt.I am more of a project shopper than a stash builder, always have been. Every time I come on this board I see something I want to make or try , It makes you feel like you will have to live forever.
I also just like to be here it keeps me motivated and I look forward just coming on to read and check things out. Kind of like being with a group of friends that have a mutual interest.
Whew I am talkative this early in the morning.
Pickle
#73
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Australia
Posts: 661
Goodness me Marcy - 72 years young and you are pretending to be 172!! I agree with the comments that you could have another 20 to 25 years or more of quilting ahead of you!! Not to mention how much experience you have to pass on to others. Go buy some fabric and get cracking - we all want to see your next quilt posted here!
Lots of love from someone who is 62.
Lots of love from someone who is 62.
#74
If quilting isn't doing "it" for you look for something that will. My MIL will be 94 this year and she went thru a spell like your talking about. She did a few other things and then decided what if she had projects not finished or fabric still in the drawer. Those things will be a gift for someone else if she doesnt finish them or use them. She just finished hand quilting a queen size quilt. Her quilts are 100 % hand made. It bothers her back to sit at a machine. You should do what makes u happy not what makes anyone else happy. Have a wonderful day. Do something fun.
Pat_sews
Pat_sews
Originally Posted by Marcy J.
I have been reading the posts from quilters going through a slump. I am 72 years old and and experiencing insecure thoughts such as "why buy any more fabric", and "why start on a new project". I am losing my enthusiam because my age does not warrant a lot of time for the projects I have always wanted to do. Would the upper-age group quilters share their thoughts on this problem I am having.
#76
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 729
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW DAY GOD HAS GIVEN ME THIS DAY TO DO AS I WILL I CAN WASTE IT OR USE IT FOR GOOD WHAT I DO TODAY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I AM EXCHANGING A DAY OF MY LIFE FOR IT WHEN TOMMORROW COMES THIS DAY WILL BE GONE FOREVER LEAVING ITS ITS PLACE SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TRADED FOR IT I WANT IT TO BE GAIN NOT LOSS GOOD NOT EVIL SUCESS NOT FAILURE IN ORDER THAT I SHALL NOT REGRET THE PRICE I PAID FOR IT I AM 72 AND PLAN TO ENJOY LIFE SO I QUILT
#77
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Spring Lake, Michigan
Posts: 978
Marcy,
Sounds like you need a friend to quilt with. If you are anywhere in Michigan near me, I would be happy to become your quilting buddy.
I feel that quilting is a solidarity craft and that it is important for us to keep our social contacts...just to keep our sanity and to know that we are not alone. Can you join a quilt guild?
Sounds like you need a friend to quilt with. If you are anywhere in Michigan near me, I would be happy to become your quilting buddy.
I feel that quilting is a solidarity craft and that it is important for us to keep our social contacts...just to keep our sanity and to know that we are not alone. Can you join a quilt guild?
#78
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Florida
Posts: 430
I'm 73 and know I am a beginning quilter. I buy fabric for both current and future projects. I also buy books because I am an avid reader, and painting supplies because I'm learning to paint and plan to do an art quilt to combine the two interests. What's the alternative? To sit idle and let life just pass by? That doesn't sound interesting to me. If you enjoy quilting, just keep on doing it.
#79
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 1,457
I'm 67 and some days feel teh same way - but we must not look at it negatively - we have so much yet to give, and we may outlive many - I will not quit - and please don't anyone else quit - let's see how many of us can die with our quilts in the finishing process on our laps as we do what we enjoy doing most... quilting!!! Don't give up!!!
Life is short so let's make the most of it while we are here; buy enough fabric for the quilt you are working on and then do it over again - if it makes you feel better. I pick up fabric at thrift shops and garage sales, so Im not spending overly much and don't have to feel too guilty about spending too much, and yet I have beautiful quilts from these sources...
Life is short so let's make the most of it while we are here; buy enough fabric for the quilt you are working on and then do it over again - if it makes you feel better. I pick up fabric at thrift shops and garage sales, so Im not spending overly much and don't have to feel too guilty about spending too much, and yet I have beautiful quilts from these sources...
#80
Marcy, Marcy, Marcy, remember how the world has changed just in the last 20 years....... 72 is just a whipper snapper......
look at all the people celebrating their 65th anniversary....(our local TV station honors them).....I have lots of friends in their 70s and 80s and they are young and vibrant......don't look backward ...look forward...think of all you can accomplish...it's only as fun as you make it!!!!! Live it up baby!!!
look at all the people celebrating their 65th anniversary....(our local TV station honors them).....I have lots of friends in their 70s and 80s and they are young and vibrant......don't look backward ...look forward...think of all you can accomplish...it's only as fun as you make it!!!!! Live it up baby!!!
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