Originally Posted by
Granpaquilts
My wife was quilting for about 15 years before I started. ( A story goes along with that ). I worked in the sail locker when I was in the Navy, sewing canvas and upholstery and I know more about sewing machines than she does. She had ( and still has ) a Janome 6600 and she showed me a few things and not three months later, she bought me a 6600 of my own. We now have separate rooms where we sew and rarely use anything of each others.
I think that is the secret to success....separate rooms, own supplies/tools.
Personally, I do not my DH to "join" me in my sewing cave......I am an only child and I think the only child syndrome comes to play here....my space and my space only.
One of my daughters will occasionally invade my space......and I get upset, things are moved, out of order...not that I am a clean freak, but I know my mess, not someone else's.........my answer is....find your own fun..........if it be sewing/quilting...then fine, find your own space to it in......