My husband is just the oposite. He understands that this is something that will be with him as long as I am with him (forever I pray) I have found an artist outlet that I am passionate about. He and our Daughter are both science geeks (she says with pride) and he is very artistic, neither of which I could share in previously. Yes the mess gets to him once in a while but at this point I am lucky enough to have a house with a large basement which hides my mess. Our daughter is moving into her own place next week and we are letting her take the extra bed in the basement bedroom so I can spread out even more and hide the mess even more. We have talked about when we move into a smaller place after she leaves and the economy get better having room for both of our passions (he does wood work and other mystery things in the garage) If the house is to small for a dedicated quilting space we have talked about builidng a quilting cabin (about the size of a one car garage)