Hey kathy we share an anniversary only mine is 29 years
and we also are 50/60 ish And I keep mine he makes a weekly shopping trip with me to Joannes to pick out fabric with me
last week he came home and said someone up the street has a sewing machine for sale want to go and look

When I go fabric shopping, my husband says "yes dear" to everything I want. Of course, he always says that, so who could ask for anything more. He has supported all my crafts for the last 44 years and counting.

My husband is happy that I have a hobby I love.

My DH is also a keeper. I wanted to get back into quilting and he really encouraged me. I showed him a pic of the Bernina 830 and said if I wanted it, to go get it. LOL.. I then told him how much it cost. He coughed and said... "You better use it every day for the rest of your life for that price!" I didn't get it, but just the fact that he didn't say NO was enough for me.

He examines my work and will even tell me to take something apart because I could do better.

He helped me make my design wall, put it up for me and has even gone with me to Jo-Ann's several times. I send him to find something and usually finds what I was looking for and more. If I complain about something, (like my cutting table.. it's too small and too low) he tells me to go out and get a better one.

It's a big trade off, he's also into cars and has restored a 81 Corvette. I helped him for many years with that project. Now he's working on restoring a car for me. A 68 MGB.

I think I'll keep him around for awhile longer. LOL

I know what you are talking about. He doesnt say anything about the fabric I buy. Its just I cant make anything without a small bit of critizium. I'm just not a perfect sewer. Jean

You just described my husband, thought I was the only one with one of those.

My DH is a wonderfully supportive man. He never says anything about my buying fabric or going out to quilt in fact he encourages it.

My DD on the other hand will comment about my buying more fabric if I bring any home and he tells her to leave me alone -" it makes your mum happy" he tells her.

I often hear him telling people what I am working on and also waits for me while I am in quilting shops. Sometimes he will come in even.

Yes I will keep him too :lol:

Maybe1day

Nope, there's three of us!

my husband is my greatest fan of my when it comes to quilting
if i am quilting on something that i really want to get done he will tell me not to worry about dinner we can order take out !! he pays for all of my material that i buy and backs me up 100% when i asak him how this and that looks!

It seems there are as many types of husbands as there are quilters. Mine is a real sweetheart and supports my quilting. When I first got interested, he went on line and found the Grace frame site and we got a frame even though I did not know much about quilting. He is very patient in putting stuff together (not in other things though) and put it together and now it sits in front of my double windows in the dining room. He does, however, wonder what I am ever going to do with all those fabrics I collected in a moment of madness. He is definitely a keeper and after 47 years, we put up with each other and our foibles.

My husband has been very supportive and proud of anything I have attempted to do. He was very supportive, of me going back to school and getting both a BS and then a MS, even though we had two small children.
Whenever I make an off hand comment wish like "I might want a serger" he says to buy it. I'm the one to ponder all purchases. I don't say anything but have fun when he goes on his fishing trips. We've been married for almost 32 yrs and I hope we're together for 32 more.

Mine never says anything about me buying, in fact he was the one who went and bought me a new machine when I said I wanted to sew again (after being away from it for 20 years)
He doesn't have any hobbies, but encourages any of mine.

I love your story. I also have a very supportive Husband. In fact, it's because of him i bought my embroidery/sewing machine and less than a year later upgraded to a Brothers Quattro at his suggestion. You see, he plays golf usually several times a week. I also play but don't really enjoy it and definitely don't have the passion for it. But I do have the passion for guilting and embroidery. He is happy, I am happy. He loves to see the things I make and I am his biggest fan when he comes home and recounts his "great" shots. Next January it will be 50 years for us. We were both 17 and still in school when we married.

My hubby is definitely an enabler! To get me on the motorcycle for a ride he'll say "I'll stop at the quilt shop"! LOL! Of course he is safe as far as how much fabric I buy cause only so much will fit in a saddlebag!! And I look the other way when he wants a new motorcycle or antique car!! I guess he is a keeper, 35 years and counting.:)

Now that's what I call a great relationship between two people!! So nice that you still get along and are friends.

In my local paper today there was an article about a male long-haul truck driver who quilts on the road to pass the time. His wife got him interested in quilting. What a guy!

My husband likes that I have a hobby and that it keeps me out of his hair!! He's a golfer, and his "hobby" is new golf clubs!! We laugh about my sewing machine habit and his golf club habit. He never fusses about buying fabric and will often ask if we are going to pass any quilt shops when we travel to various places. Just this spring we came back from AZ and took a lot of time to do it. We stopped in several fabric shops along the way and he waited in the car or walked around. He's great about it. Makes over what I do but always asks "Who's that for" since I give most everything away. He's a keeper too. Married 46 yrs and people said it wouldn't last!! Oh well, who knew??

My DH is an enabler. He's the one that told me to ask all of you about quilt shops in S.C. and then he took me to two of them on a rainy non-beach/golf day. He waits patiently in the car, and when I come out he always makes me show him what I bought and asks if it's for something I'm working on, a new project, or just because. He used to come in with me, but we both learned that 4 eyes are not better than 2. He was always showing me something in another row and then I would get side tracked, and the trip would take twice the time.

A big thanks for all of the great quilt shop suggestions, I found a great sale at Quilters Cottage and got 8 yds @ 50% off. And Sew many common threads is so cute.

Actually, I know this couple, and they are "the perfect pair"!

I have seen her sewing room, and she doesn't have any worries of running out of fabric anytime soon. They have a lot of things in common too...just to name one, they love to play cards.....

Both these people are real sweeties, and are our very best friends..........actually, they have become family to us.....Happy 40th!

Just had to put in my two cents!.......

Now now

You just need to quilt more, so you can use up some of the fabric:)

Lol

I am very proud to say that I am the enabler for my wife's hobby, and she is the enabler for my hobby. It is no coincidence that we are on both ends of the sewing stick -- she a quilter and I a sewing machine nut! One begats the other. whenever she has had a particularly hard day at work (she is a NICU nurse and has been one for 28 years) I just say to her "Road Trip" and I see the tension in her face go away. A road trip for her/us is a round robin excursion through the heart of the Amish country -- Lancaster, PA -- and many outlying areas that offer loads of fabric shopping. It also gets me into some trouble if I run across a really pristine treadle: can't fit them in a Honda Civic hybrid! What is more fun is when she finds an old treadle head and says "go get it!" Well, that has led to her now wanting to restore a head she found for $10. I am taking her through the process step-by-step as that is what I enjoy doing most, restoring the old treasures. Our passions combined years ago and now being "co-dependent fabric/sewing machine enablers" yes, I just created that definition, has brought us even closer. We are 23 years married and really enjoy our time enabling ourselves in our combined hobby/passion.

Terry -- in Northern Delaware

My husband is very supportive, too. He has even gone to a quilt shops on business trip to get me a pattern! The ladies at the store were very impressed! We took a trip through New England and our stops were planning from the quilting travel book. He did appreciate the porch at Keepsake Quilting! The only thing I had to do on the trip was go through the Baseball Hall of Fame and not complain! But there is a good quilt shop in the area, so not too bad.

My DH doesn't know half the time what I am doing and doesn't care either. No support on anything I do around here. BUT that's ok. I have gotten used too it. He does anything he wants in the yard including cutting down all my flowers and I do what I want too in the house. Of course I have too if it is ever cleaned up HA HA

How nice. He seems to provide enough attention without getting your way or making you feel guillty. He appreciates the finished product and he abviously knows what has gone into it fabric wise and time wise.

I feel very lucky to have a supportive husband to all my hobbies, not just quilting. He likes to see the fabrics I bought, he listens to all my mumbling about upcoming projects, problems with what I am working on and other quilt-related things I tend to rabble about. He already knows many quilty terms, including but not limited to, fussy cit, OBW, fat quarter, applique and FMQ. He always praises my finished quilts, and when I need opinions about planning the quilt or while I am making it, he'll actively participate. He also may occasionally join me to the quilt shops and he drew a design for a quilt he wanted to make for him( which I did). The one thing, he wouldn't accompany me to quilt shows, which is all well, because then I'll feel guilty spending so much time there.

I feel very blessed to have him.

My DH has always encouraged me in everything I do. In Sewing will buy sewing machines, embroidery machines and a serger. I just mention something and I usually receive it. He says we are going to the VA so will stop at Joanns or Michaels. Of course this has worked both ways. Married 46 years and I will keep him for sure.

Does your DH have a twin? If he does, I think he lives here with me.

:lol: :lol: I'll keep mine. I've grown accustomed to his moods and he reads through me , so it works.

My husband bought quilt our quilting machine. One morning in April he got up and said that we need to buy a quilting machine. We talked to several people and quilted a quilt at the sewing store. It was lots of fun, we have been quiliting everyday since. In fact, we are opening a fabric, quilting and embroidery(I already have an embroidery business) in October. He can not go to a fabric store without buying fabric. He quilts and pins the binding on. He is GREAT. He also vacuums and cooks.

My DH is like yours, too. He is forever finding ways to make my sewing room better. Like covering one whole wall with styrofoam insulation and quilt batting. It is a dream wall to design on. He has even designed a really neat cone spool holder for my friends and I. We are going to sell them at the country store when we have our Quilt show. What a guy. Aren't they great sometimes?

Congrats! You do make a good team!

BarbaraTx....I use to have 64-1/2 mustang in the 60s...I wish I still had it, but don't, after I sold it to a young kid, he totalled it 6 mo later that was back in the 70s. I think that is wonderful that your hubby likes what you do.

"My husband doesn't support much of anything that I do. There's days when I can't even breathe to suit him. Besides, it would cost too much to get rid of him and I'm too old to break in a new one. LOL"

Gee, that sounds soooo familiar. One of the many reasons I don't get any sewing done.

I am blessed! Mine is a keeper for sure after 52 yrs. He loves quilting as much as me. I sew the tops and he quilts them on our long arm. I just can't keep up with making tops. He loves going to quilt shops and shows.

My husband is definitely in the keeper category. He supports and encourages my quilting endeavours, is keen to help out with pinning or cutting and will queue at fabric stores during sale time, so I can look for more bargains. All in all quite saint-like...however, as they say, there is method in the madness! It keeps me quiet!

Mine is definitely a keeper.
I showed him a project I pieced today after church. Layed it in front of him at the computer where he was playing a video game and I said, "You're addicted to that game" and not skipping a beat he said, "You're addicted to that quilting". We laughed and then he told me how nice the runner was and wanted to know if we were "keeping this one or sending it off". "Sending it off". "Too bad, it's nice".
He is very supportive, gives me honest opinions not just what I want to hear, stops at LQS if nearby, has begun looking for a FW for me and asks about yard sales and auctions if I want to go and look for machines or fabric. Nowadays I have to remind him we don't have the extra money but thanks just the same for thinking of me. His only hobbies are reading, computer games that really challenge you, being a handy man/fixer upper. He has many tools in the garage all of which he makes good use of. He could build a new home for us if we could afford it.
He loves helping friends and neighbors, is head of the mens group at church, drives the Veterans van for the vets in our area who need a ride to Dr's appts, and goes to college full time. Did I mention he is retired? And yes he can cook, do dishes, wash windows, and he even cleans toilets. We are a pretty good team after 36 1/2 years. Guess he is going to keep me around, too.

yes, and I would expect no less. This is what we do for each other.

my husband try's to support me on anything i try , hes always been an encouragement , and try's to help me n anyway he can , its nice to have our family and hubby's support

My husband is very supportive. When my one and only sewing machine needed to go in for repairs, he said that I should go buy another one to have as a backup! Needless to say, I was on my way to the sewing machine shop before he finished the sentence. I guess he can relate because the garage looks like a John Deere showroom!

I love it !! hahahahahaha :thumbup:
What a guy!! And what a fast runner you are hahahah

Mine has bought sewing machines for me, and found quilt shops when we travel. I've taken over the family rm, and that is okay with him, but he won't let me have half of the garage. Oh, yes he does the laundry, will cook once in awhile,or we go out to eat. We've been married 53 1'2 yrs, and he's my guy. He did give my featherweight to Goodwill which really cost him.