Has your DH seen any quilts that were machine quilted by professionals? Does he realize how beautiful they can be? Does he realize that they are just as much heirloom-worthy as hand quilted items? Perhaps you could take him to one of the big quilt shows. I fully appreciate hand quilting, but if it's not what you want to do then you should be able to convince him to either learn to hand quilt or let you send the quilt out to the LAQ.