I get past most of my hubby's objections by occasionally making him something nice for his classic cars. So far I have made covers for 3 seats and a quilted cover for a dashpad that was cracked. Machine quilting skills come in mighty handy for this stuff. One of the seat covers I did, for a '65 Chevy pickup, I quilted a Chevrolet emblem into the top center back, and he shows it to everyone.