Just curious, different ones have mentioned making quilts for their husbands. I can't imagine what my sweet hubby would do with one. He fully supports my quilting habit and sleeps under one of my quilts every night (the one in my avatar), but I'm not sure what he would do with one if I gave it to him. What do your husbands do with theirs?

Some men like a lap quilt while watching t.v. or when he goes hunting or even fishing maybe.

My husband is a napper when he can be. lol He likes to kick back and nap in his chair or on the couch. His quilt is normally folded up and hung over the back of the chair. We also keep the house on the cool side of normal because we have two asthmatic kids and if they get over heated they start to cough and he is kinda a cold soul so even if hes not napping he is still covered. So there are always quilts hanging out all over the house just waiting for someone to drag around.

I had my DH go to the quilt shop and pick out the colors he liked for a blooming 9 patch. I made it and now he says it's his quilt! He was very proud of the colors he chose and how awesome it turned out.

Cuddles up with when watching TV. Men do like quilts.

My bf "displays" his quilt on the back of our couch. It was his christmas present the first christmas we were together - before there was even a couch!!!!

Whenever someone comments on it he proudly tells them them that I made it for him, and it "inspired" the rest of the living room!!

I love that he loves it so much -- I think that's why he gave me my own sewing space!

Same here! My husband loves sleeping under one, but the only time I've seen him use one not on a bed is when he is sick. He is not a napper, usually only sleeps upstairs in bed. He also fully supports my quilting, though & we have a lot of quilts around the house. I think his favorite quilts of mine to use are in our camper.

My husband has 4 quilts and likes to switch them out through the year. He loves them.

My honey would show it off every chance he got, take naps with it, he would cherish it. Someday he'll get one. He loves my creations. I think you would be surprised at your honeys response. I have men asking me to make quilts all the time because there wives refuse to sew. I'm currently making one for my dad. And I'm pretty sure he'll display it in his den.

I've made 2 quilts for my husband. One is on the couch so that he can lay down to watch TV or take a short snooze and the other is on our bed.

I made one for my 28yo nephew that goes EVERYWHERE he goes. It is always on his bed, goes deer hunting with him, camping and the like. He is so proud of that quilt. I had made one for him as a wedding gift but when the marriage broke up the wife took the quilt with her and my nephew was absolutely heart broken.

One for my BIL that remains on his couch for when he goes on a snooze fest. His wife tried to put it away once and from what I hear that stunt will not happen again.

One for my 8yo nephew that goes everywhere with him.

My FIL keeps his quilt with him. He has lost so much weight, well over 100lbs due to illness, he is always cold.

Trust me, they find all kinds of ways to use these quilts.

My husband says that anything that facilitates napping is a good idea. He loves napping under a quilt! He'll turn up the A/C just so he can.

Because of a post on here I am going to make a car quilt for these chilly NE mornings before the heater wakes up. I bet some DH's would like this as well
David

David....if you toss said quilt into the clothes dryer for 15 minutes and then take it to the car, you really won't mind waiting while the car warms up!!

jodi in leavenworth

My hubby keeps one in the car, and has a couple in the tv room. Likes his table runners too. Man cave thing.

Oh...that sounds heavenly! I would be tempted to go back to sleep!

:lol:

My hubby has one that we made together while he was unemployed and I was a sah mom back in 2004 and he has used it every night since it was completed. It is his most prized possession and lives on the couch. We keep the house cool as it saves on the bills to just cover up.

I haven't yet completed a quilt for my husband, but I'm working on it. What will he do with it? Why, USE it, of course. He likes to snuggle under a quilt on the couch, and DH and I sleep with separate blankets in bed because we're both notorious blanket hogs, we use different weights of blanket, and it's better than sleeping in separate beds. lol I'll make one for his car, some day.

oh no.....you ''must'' go to work and earn those big bucks so you will have extra quilting $$$$. but I do toss a quilt into the dryer for a quick warm up before I take a nap.....my guilty pleasure/seceret!!

jodi in leavenworth

My DH has a bedroom of his own at his deer club. I made a quilt for him to put on his bed there. It's all camo and nature prints. He loves it.

Ditto

mine too

I made my DH a pieced flannel quilt and used a flannel sheet as the backing. It hangs on the back of his recliner in the basement family room (which is somewhat cool) and he and his dog cuddle up and watch TV or read. (the DH watches TV or reads, not the dog!)

You have a husband that doesn'T nap and actually sleeps in his bedroom????!!! Do you know how rare that is??!!LOL

My husband asked me to make him a lap quilt, for his chair. I did for Christmas, and he loves it and used it last night for the first time.

Several years ago my DH asked me to make him what we call his 'life quilt'. We planned it together. I made various blocks that represent different things in his life using a variety of techniques. I loved working on it especially since it challenged me greatly! DH uses it to cuddle up in and snooze in his recliner.

my hubby cuddles up with his when he's watching football (or any other sports on tv) he uses it on the couch when he doesn't feel good. my son's and nephew use theirs all the time---never leave home with out it-- my sister's hubby keeps his in his truck...takes it hunting, camping...everywhere...all the men in my world LOVE their quilts and use them ALL THE TIME...much more than the girls who seem to think there is some sort of (propriety) involved.

My husband loves his "coffee" quilt. He uses it in his "man's" chair when somewhat chilled. Check out pic of him and his quilt. Of course he is a "starbucks" fan.

I was just telling my husband about a quilting friend who made everybody in the world a quilt and now that she has passed away her husband doesn't even have one for their bed.

My DH keeps his in his home office to cover up with on cool evenings. I made his quilt for him because he mentioned that it would be nice to have one . ;)

For a dear friends husband I made a quillow and a car quilt and he is thrilled with both, when you go to their home you know what chair is his by the cushion on it :lol:

I'm working to make one for my husband now. He says he wants one :)

Lap quilts are great for men especially in the winter months while they watch TV.

my hubby likes the smaller quilts ~ he insists he needs to thermoregulate by having his feet exposed... he kept swiping the granddaughters' quilt and using that, so I made him one with our fave NFL team fabrics... it lives on his recliner ~ I took it to the car, to warm up the leather seat when I was doing errands, and didn't hear the end of it "Where did MY quilt go?!?" (guess I need to make a second back up one?)

I have made him several wall hangings for his office. I cycle them in and out. I don't think he'd have a use for his own personal bed size quilt, though.

Just have to respond to this thread. my husband wanted we to make a quilt for him when he had to have a by pass surgery. You can see it in a thread " I don't see much quilting in My future". His surgery was in August and he used it constantly. Still does. He is currently in the hospital and has it with him again.He picked out the colors and told me exactly what he wanted. His reaction to his quilt is all that I need to have my passion for quilting feed.

would you tell me the name of your quilt in your picture - just love it!!!

thanks

darlene

would you tell me the name of your quilt in your picture - just love it!!!

thanks

darlene

At his request I made a quilt for my husband. It is a southwestern quilt (mostly browns, turquoise, etc.) and he loves it but it goes on OUR bed. I also made one for us. It is an attic windows quilt and in the windows are things we saw from our attic windows as a child. I lived in the city and so mine has a brick wall, geraniums in pots, cars, etc. and he lived on a farm so his has cows, horses, a garden, corn, etc. It was fun to make and is in our rotation of quilts for the year. I usually leave a quilt on for about 3 months and then take it off, wash it, and put it away for another year.

I made one for my husband, and I know he's not that excited about it. It was made from fish fabric because we are scuba divers. I put two layers of wool batting in it so that it would be thick and warm, as he likes it. What he really likes, however, are the flannel rag quilts I made for our family room--for watching TV. If you think he would like something cozy, I suggest flannel.

This is so funny to me. Yrs. ago I was making Quillows for everybody. My hubby asked "where's mine"? So I immed. set about making one just for him. He not only never used it, it didn't even get pulled out of the pillow. I knew he'd never use one but at least he knew I made one just for him.