Angela S--I feel your pain. My husband has also taken up quilting. Christmas of 2014 he purchased a Judy Niemeyer Prairie Star pattern for me for a xmas gift. I am a longarm quilted and rarely have time to piece anything for myself. He kept bugging me about when was I going to make "his" quilt. Finally I told him if he wanted it, he would have to make it himself. I said "it's easy , it's paper piecing, you just sew on the line". LOL He fell for it. He had never sewed before, but he finished it with my instruction. Long story short he entered it into the local AQS show and had it accepted. A close up pic was even in the show catalog. Now he's even more excited about quilting. He's doing another JM and has taken over my whole sewing area, cutting table, ironing board, etc. What little sewing I do is on a card table with my feather weight. We are together 24/7. Some days he's upstairs sewing before I am. He's already into my stash. You gotta love it, but it's my own fault. The ladies at the quilt shop love him. Good luck. I feel your pain.