Hi Sylvia. Maybe if you calmly & pleasantly sat down and just talked to your DH & asked him why it upsets him so, he would open up and maybe find that it isn't really about you buying fabric at all. Explain that you have to have something creative in your life other than housework & gardening. And that you can make nice gifts. After all, it is better than you being out in bars. I am very fortunate in that my DH could care less how much I spend or how much fabric I buy. It makes me happy and keeps me at home. Happy wife...Happy life.