Every 4 years, Quilters Newsletter presents the results of the Quilting in America survey that they do in cooperation with International Quilt Market and Festival. Some of the results of this survery were published in the most recent Quilters Newsletter. I found some information interesting and some a bit surprising. Here's what I learned. In 2010, the total value of the quilt market was $3.58 billion, up 9% since 2006. But . . here's what I found interesting - - the total number of quilters (21.3 million) in the US has gone down 23% since 2006. Where are the quilters going???

Some other interesting survey information: The average quilter is about 62 years old (another surprise to me), college educated (I always knew that we were smart!), has been quilting for about 16 years, and purchased 94.3 yards of fabric last year (yikes!).

I wonder what else they learned from the survey. A complete survey may be purchased for $125 through www.quiltersvillage.com.