I to have no quilting buddy or a quilting husband, but the board is the best for the help and support. He dose tell me if I use bigger peices at wouldn't take so long to make it. He dosen't like for me to be in the sew room when his home, he finds thing that I have to go help him when I'm in the sew room. It was his mother that get me in to quilting so he dosen't say much about the my quilting he just dosen't like it. he is sure I have to much fabric, to many books, to much anything quilting. So maybe you should count youself luck that your husband dose not quilt.