Ladies, I just compare all my fabric, threads, templates,etc.to all the his "man" tools - wood tools, outside tools, all his various sizes of nails, grades of sandpaper, scrap pieces of wood and metal--- do you get the the idea? What it boils down to is, he has his toys, and I have mine. He is in the garage, and I am in my sewing room, and we live happily ever after. Amen PS -- his grandmother taught me how to quilt. She passed at the young age of 90 -- she was always quilting and sewing -- and that was 32 years ago. (Love this forum -- we must have all come from the same mold.)