Annz

I don't think it is dying. I think it is harder today because in most families both parents have to work so there is not as much time for the creative pleasure of quilting. Most seem to have to wait for retirement to really spend the amount of time that quilting demands. I hope those who can will teach and inspire others especially the younger ones to quilt.

Lilrain

I live in the Pacific Northwest and quilting is going strong and getting stronger here. We have 500 members in our local guild. And lots of quilting and fabric stores to support our habit.

lazyquilter

I, personally don't feel as if quilting is a dying art. I do see it being made very easy for beginners and see so many tools that I never would know could be invented when my friend and I would be using card board to makes patterns and then every week,

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Maybe1day

Gosh from the number of people on this board, who would think it?

duckydo

Have you been to Paducah in the last few years? It is crammed with quilters. I really don't think it is dying art. I do however think more folks are machine quilting as they are just too busy. But I think quilting is around to stay. Also maybe some of us should make sure that the younger generation gets interested

josi49

Goodness me, I sure hope quilting is not a dying art. I've got enough fabric, notions and machines to start my own small shop ..... as apparently many, many others on this board do also. I am also a member on the Janome 6500/6600 & 7700 Yahoo Groups and that is another completely different set of quilters. And then, there is the Viking Designer SE group and the HQ16 group; all different quilters! That's just 3 or 4 machines; think of all the other brands out there with their own boards for quilters. And like someone else mentioned - $3 billion a year industry; hardly dying. And Paducah or Houston or West Palm Beach .... holy cow, there are MAJOR quilt shows everywhere and I go to as many as I possibly can and take classes whenever and wherever something is offered that I think I will use. If anything, quilting is a GROWING cottage industry that's taking the world by a storm and I'm so glad to be a part of it. The members on this board are the best of them all!!! Thank you to all who share your knowledge with the rest of us.

Josi in Florida

carolynjo

Quilting, like knitting and crocheting, etc., seem to go in cycles. However, with the economy in the basement, I think you will see an even greater resurgence in quilting. People who can't go out to eat, to movies, or to plays, will choose quilting, perhaps, to feed their imagination and creative spirits. AND that's what makes me so mad at Walmart. We need those fabric centers now more than ever, but they are gone forever, I am afraid.

carolynjo

Quilting, like knitting and crocheting, etc., seem to go in cycles. However, with the economy in the basement, I think you will see an even greater resurgence in quilting. People who can't go out to eat, to movies, or to plays, will choose quilting, perhaps, to feed their imagination and creative spirits. AND that's what makes me so mad at Walmart. We need those fabric centers now more than ever, but they are gone forever, I am afraid.

anniec55

Once would have answer yes, but think there has been a "rebirth" of interest and growing participants! My DH thinks I'm a dinosaur bc I am the only person he knows that sews/quilts. I work PT in a quilt shop, and he has come in on occasion and had lunch with me, always comments on how busy the store is and what a wide variety of age groups that come through! I think "project runway" has done a great service to regrow some interest in sewing and design. Quilting I believe has had a slow steady growth over the last 20-25 yr. I think that like many things there have been many things to change and adapt to make it easier, more affordable, and I believe the adaptive process has kept it alive. People willing to share it, have kept the momentum going.

hawghugger

In no way is it a dying art. All you have to do is search blogs about quilting and you will find more than you could ever read in a life time. Check out Modern Quilting Guilds, search for quilting forums, the list goes on and on and on. So, the answer from me is NO is not dying it's GROWING.