Rowdy quilters

In 2000 QNM (along with International Quilt Market and Festival) conducted a
survey. At that time, the average age was 55. Check out some other
interesting facts he http://quiltersvillage.com/qinamer/index1.html

I'm still looking for something more recent, though!

--
Louise in Iowa
nieland4 at mchsi dot com
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa

"DrQuilter" wrote in message
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how about this quote from the first article:

Studies show the demographic of quilters is 99 percent women, she said,
with an average age of 58

do you think really the average age is 58??? that sounds hight to me. a
LOT of the quilters I know are under 58. unless the older ones are less
'social'? I can see how they could be less involved in a quilting
newsgroup...


--
Dr. Quilter
http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali
(take the dog out before replying)

I found another survey conducted by QNM in 2003, and it looks like this one
may be the source of the statistics in the paper:
http://www.quilts.com/pressreleases/...a%20Survey.pdf

--
Louise in Iowa
nieland4 at mchsi dot com
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa

"DrQuilter" wrote in message
...
how about this quote from the first article:

Studies show the demographic of quilters is 99 percent women, she said,
with an average age of 58

do you think really the average age is 58??? that sounds hight to me. a
LOT of the quilters I know are under 58. unless the older ones are less
'social'? I can see how they could be less involved in a quilting
newsgroup...


--
Dr. Quilter
http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali
(take the dog out before replying)

Well, I'm 33 and my quilting companion turned 30 on Jan 3rd. I started
quilting when I was in my very early 20's.
~handmaiden

Kathy Applebaum wrote:
"DrQuilter" wrote in message
...

how about this quote from the first article:

Studies show the demographic of quilters is 99 percent women, she said,
with an average age of 58

do you think really the average age is 58??? that sounds hight to me. a
LOT of the quilters I know are under 58. unless the older ones are less
'social'? I can see how they could be less involved in a quilting
newsgroup...


Funny, 58 sounded *low* to me, thinking about the ladies I see at guild! LOL
I just did a quick calculation, and the average age of my quilt circle is
58.8 -- I'm the baby at 41, and our oldest member is 82.

But working in the sciences, I know you had enough statistics classes in
school to know that it's all in how you select your sample population. I'm
sure I could design a study to show that the average quilter is (insert
characteristic here) if you let me carefully select my sample.

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:44:16 GMT, handmaiden wrote:

Well, I'm 33 and my quilting companion turned 30 on Jan 3rd. I started
quilting when I was in my very early 20's.

I am 45, and started quilting when I was 12!

The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized
LC in Sunny So Cal
Personality Development Specialist (Full-time Mom)

I'm near the top of the bell curve at 57 (just barely, mind you) and
quilting for 10 years now.

--
Alice in NJ, Royal Cybrarian
http://www.ourcyberfamily.us
http://www.ourcyberfamily.us/RCTQ/index.htm (add a recipe)
"Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was
no time left to you.."
Lisa Alther




wrote in message
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: On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:44:16 GMT, handmaiden wrote:
:
: Well, I'm 33 and my quilting companion turned 30 on Jan 3rd. I started
: quilting when I was in my very early 20's.
:
: I am 45, and started quilting when I was 12!
:
: The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized
: LC in Sunny So Cal
: Personality Development Specialist (Full-time Mom)

I just went back and read a little more about the survey that was conducted
(see my post under Rowdy Quilters). Turns out that the profile is that of a
"Dedicated Quilter." A dedicated quilter is defined as one who spends more
than $500 a year on quilting-related purchases -- and they are only 5.21% of
all quilters. So, the average age is that of a dedicated quilter, not
necessarily quilters as a whole.

--
Louise in Iowa
nieland4 at mchsi dot com
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa

"Kathy Applebaum" wrote in message
m...

"DrQuilter" wrote in message
...
how about this quote from the first article:

Studies show the demographic of quilters is 99 percent women, she said,
with an average age of 58

do you think really the average age is 58??? that sounds hight to me. a
LOT of the quilters I know are under 58. unless the older ones are less
'social'? I can see how they could be less involved in a quilting
newsgroup...

Funny, 58 sounded *low* to me, thinking about the ladies I see at guild!
LOL I just did a quick calculation, and the average age of my quilt circle
is 58.8 -- I'm the baby at 41, and our oldest member is 82.

But working in the sciences, I know you had enough statistics classes in
school to know that it's all in how you select your sample population. I'm
sure I could design a study to show that the average quilter is (insert
characteristic here) if you let me carefully select my sample.

--
Kathy A. (Woodland, CA)
Queen of Fabric Tramps
http://www.kayneyquilting.com ,
remove the obvious to reply

Same with my guild Kathy. They used to tease about how I got in
being so young. I am 47 now but been there over 8 years. Lots of
the gals have kids my age. I bet in a night time guild you would
find a younger crowd than a day meeting one.
Taria

Kathy Applebaum wrote:


Funny, 58 sounded *low* to me, thinking about the ladies I see at guild! LOL
I just did a quick calculation, and the average age of my quilt circle is
58.8 -- I'm the baby at 41, and our oldest member is 82.

But working in the sciences, I know you had enough statistics classes in
school to know that it's all in how you select your sample population. I'm
sure I could design a study to show that the average quilter is (insert
characteristic here) if you let me carefully select my sample.

If 58 is the average, then I'm close at 57 but my daughter is 25 and
granddaughter is 5 and both of them are beginning quilters.

--
Mary
http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948
"handmaiden" wrote in message
news:QOzId.15816$IP6.10107@trnddc05...
: Well, I'm 33 and my quilting companion turned 30 on Jan 3rd. I started
: quilting when I was in my very early 20's.
: ~handmaiden

Howdy!
We've talked about these stats for several years,
and I still think "they lied." VBG Many quilters have not confessed
that they are "dedicated quilters." We all know that
in the Grand World of Quilting, $500 is a drop in the stash basket. g
Go to page 1 of that QNM survey to see how limited the survey was,
and it didn't go to just quilters. When they did a similar poll
at the Really Big Quilt Show in Houston a few years ago, more
quilters admitted to spending more money, and the average
age of the respondents was mid-40s. More "dedicated quilters"
attend that show than non-quilters do.
As Miz Applebaum says, results from these polls and surveys
vary according to the criteria used to obtain the information.

Reminds me of the car dealership "customer satisfaction" survey results:
mostly people who are NOT satisfied fill out and return the cards;
the satisfied customers seldom do (some of us are exceptions to that rule,
some are just exceptional).
Is $1 enough incentive to return a survey about quilting, esp. when
the postal customer is not a quilter?
The other day someone called w/ a survey on Yellow Pages
telephone directories. I use the SwBell y.p., often.
The incentive for answering an extended survey on-line is $50--
now that's an incentive! G

Ragmop/Sandy--beyond average (I didn't say "above" or "below" ;-P )



"Louise" wrote in message
news:XZzId.22376$OF5.22261@attbi_s52...
I just went back and read a little more about the survey that was conducted
(see my post under Rowdy Quilters). Turns out that the profile is that of a
"Dedicated Quilter." A dedicated quilter is defined as one who spends more
than $500 a year on quilting-related purchases -- and they are only 5.21%
of all quilters. So, the average age is that of a dedicated quilter, not
necessarily quilters as a whole.

--
Louise in Iowa
nieland4 at mchsi dot com
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa

"Kathy Applebaum" wrote in message
m...

"DrQuilter" wrote in message
...
how about this quote from the first article:

Studies show the demographic of quilters is 99 percent women, she said,
with an average age of 58

do you think really the average age is 58??? that sounds hight to me. a
LOT of the quilters I know are under 58. unless the older ones are less
'social'? I can see how they could be less involved in a quilting
newsgroup...

Funny, 58 sounded *low* to me, thinking about the ladies I see at guild!
LOL I just did a quick calculation, and the average age of my quilt
circle is 58.8 -- I'm the baby at 41, and our oldest member is 82.

But working in the sciences, I know you had enough statistics classes in
school to know that it's all in how you select your sample population.
I'm sure I could design a study to show that the average quilter is
(insert characteristic here) if you let me carefully select my sample.

--
Kathy A. (Woodland, CA)
Queen of Fabric Tramps
http://www.kayneyquilting.com ,
remove the obvious to reply

My car guy dealership guy says he doesn't want me to
go to 'all the trouble' of filling the survey out so
I bring it in to him. He fills it out for me and I
get a free oil change. I tease that if I had a complaint
I would say so but knowing me for years he already knows that.

When I look at all the guild folks I know I would say that
really a small percentage are big quilt show travelers. Just
about the only average for quilters I have found is most are
really good cooks and all are really good eaters!
Taria

Ellison wrote:

Howdy!
We've talked about these stats for several years,
and I still think "they lied." VBG Many quilters have not confessed
that they are "dedicated quilters." We all know that
in the Grand World of Quilting, $500 is a drop in the stash basket. g
Go to page 1 of that QNM survey to see how limited the survey was,
and it didn't go to just quilters. When they did a similar poll
at the Really Big Quilt Show in Houston a few years ago, more
quilters admitted to spending more money, and the average
age of the respondents was mid-40s. More "dedicated quilters"
attend that show than non-quilters do.
As Miz Applebaum says, results from these polls and surveys
vary according to the criteria used to obtain the information.

Reminds me of the car dealership "customer satisfaction" survey results:
mostly people who are NOT satisfied fill out and return the cards;
the satisfied customers seldom do (some of us are exceptions to that rule,
some are just exceptional).
Is $1 enough incentive to return a survey about quilting, esp. when
the postal customer is not a quilter?
The other day someone called w/ a survey on Yellow Pages
telephone directories. I use the SwBell y.p., often.
The incentive for answering an extended survey on-line is $50--
now that's an incentive! G

Ragmop/Sandy--beyond average (I didn't say "above" or "below" ;-P )



"Louise" wrote in message
news:XZzId.22376$OF5.22261@attbi_s52...

I just went back and read a little more about the survey that was conducted
(see my post under Rowdy Quilters). Turns out that the profile is that of a
"Dedicated Quilter." A dedicated quilter is defined as one who spends more
than $500 a year on quilting-related purchases -- and they are only 5.21%
of all quilters. So, the average age is that of a dedicated quilter, not
necessarily quilters as a whole.

--
Louise in Iowa
nieland4 at mchsi dot com
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa

"Kathy Applebaum" wrote in message
. com...

"DrQuilter" wrote in message
...

how about this quote from the first article:

Studies show the demographic of quilters is 99 percent women, she said,
with an average age of 58

do you think really the average age is 58??? that sounds hight to me. a
LOT of the quilters I know are under 58. unless the older ones are less
'social'? I can see how they could be less involved in a quilting
newsgroup...

Funny, 58 sounded *low* to me, thinking about the ladies I see at guild!
LOL I just did a quick calculation, and the average age of my quilt
circle is 58.8 -- I'm the baby at 41, and our oldest member is 82.

But working in the sciences, I know you had enough statistics classes in
school to know that it's all in how you select your sample population.
I'm sure I could design a study to show that the average quilter is
(insert characteristic here) if you let me carefully select my sample.

--
Kathy A. (Woodland, CA)
Queen of Fabric Tramps
http://www.kayneyquilting.com ,
remove the obvious to reply