Following a discussion on Facebook, DH discovered the following

Creation of rec.crafts.quilting (17th Aug 1993):
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topicsearchin/news.announce.newgroups/rec.crafts.quilting$20AND$20before$3A1994$2F09$2F0 1/news.announce.newgroups/VWtJj77FcBg

So we're 21 this month!!!

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