I've been where you are Cjomomma. I'm betting he actually doesn't mind you quilting but at that moment he was reading "open mouth and insert foot" My DH did that to me on several ocaisions with my work. He would look at it and critisize it and find the mistakes. GRRR! Then one night when he was sitting around a campfire with some friends he drug out the T-Shirt quilt I made for our motor home and proceeded to show it off to his buddies and then he volunteered me to make one for one of them.That's when I knew that he really was interested in what i did. He may not tell me and he still critiques my work but it doesn't bother me anymore. Oh and I did make that quilt for his friend.