Rachel -- sounds like you've got some good options. My experience w/ DHs and quilting is -- they mean well, but they don't really know enough to offer sound insights.
My DH does have a good eye for color and design, but he has his own style (very conservative and conventional) and so the advice he gives really doesn't do much to improve my quilts, which are my style (not so conservative, and sometimes more on the quirky side). It was a good day for our marriage when I decided that I'm the quilter, it's my vision, and I'll make it my way. He'll either like the end result or not, and either way, it's fine.
RST