Originally Posted by svenskaflicka1

hubby used to sew, many years ago (for his first wife and family) but i banned him from EVER touching my sewing machines again when i came home from work and found him sewing a repair into the canvas of our tent trailer. he bent the transmission of my poor machine, and these 35 years later, i still get irritated when i think about it. dang it--do those kinds or repairs with the needles made for it, and leave my "precision machinery" out of the equation!!!

i'd be afraid to ever introduce him to the joys of quilting--he might enjoy it, and i'd never see my stuff again...