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    Old 05-02-2011, 10:40 AM
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    I have been quilting for about 6 years. I watched quilt show's for so long, (20 years or more), then decided I better get buzy. lol
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    Old 05-02-2011, 10:46 AM
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    I was bitten by the quilting bug in 1990. However, I didn't put my first quilt together until 1999. Jeanniebelle
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    Old 05-02-2011, 10:49 AM
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    Off and on for 20 years at least. Started with cheater quilts for grandbabies and progressed to piecing but still keep it simple.
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    Old 05-02-2011, 10:52 AM
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    12 years, I was a late bloomer, took it up at 58 and I was not a sewer before either.
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    Old 05-02-2011, 10:55 AM
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    I have been quilting since 1992. Until that year always made clothes, but not since. I am addicted
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    Old 05-02-2011, 11:01 AM
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    I have been quilting at least since I was 20. 38 years ago.... I started sewing when I was 7, over 50 years ago.
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    Old 05-02-2011, 11:03 AM
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    Been sewing since I was in my late teens. Made my first quilt sometime in the late '60s. It was 5" squares, an old, thin blanket for batting and a sheet for backing. This is how my great-grandmother made them. Quilts were not for show then, but meant to be useful.
    After raising a family and retiring from a 30 year job, I started making quilts again 10 yrs ago. I am 64.,
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    Old 05-02-2011, 11:04 AM
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    Quilting since 1981.(30 years) Sewing since I was 8. (44 years.)
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    Old 05-02-2011, 11:06 AM
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    I have been sewing for over 50 years, made my first quilt 30 years ago for my 1st baby, and have been seriously quilting now for 6 years. Being retired helps and my husband is out of town a lot, so I have plenty of "me" time
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    Old 05-02-2011, 11:08 AM
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    About 17 years (and still learning)
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