support your quilting? My husband NEVER says anything about my buying fabric/patterns/books, etc. In fact, he has on several occasions brought people into my sewing room and opened the doors to my fabric armoire to show them how much fabric I have.
He doesn't usually come in and ask what I'm making, but when I bring a project out of the sewing room to show him, he oohs and aahs appropriately.
His hobby is Mustangs - he has a "65 Fastback and 2 "71s. When he's restoring one of them, I'll go out in the garage with a cool drink for him and ooh and ahh appropriately. We make a good team - on Oct. 24, we'll be celebrating 40 years of marriage. I think I'll keep him. :)

how sweet, I think you should keep him!

DH absolutely is my enabler! He encourages me in all things quilting. He even joined this forum because he enjoys all the pics and great folks and has just started taking an interest in vintage machines.

Sounds like both of our DH's are keepers. BTW, I love the '65 'stang...makes my heart go pitty pat!

yep. i'd keep him, too.

you can't do any better than a hubby who oooo's and aaah's appropriately. :-)

OH yeah, he sounds like a keeper. If I still had the one I do not have now.........it would be mouthy! Sometimes silence is better than gold. Anyway, he sounds supportive and proud......lucky gal.

Blessings,
Ruth

mine usually tries to pretend oblivious but he slips and his admiration shows, and when I hear him telling a buddy about the quilt I'm working on..... really makes me teary. we're kinda old (50ish/60ish) but have only been married 13yrs on 9/11. I knew him when we were younger but were both married to others. I'll keep him!

My husband doesn't support much of anything that I do. There's days when I can't even breathe to suit him. But, he doesn't want me to give anything away so I guess that means that he likes it. And he uses the quilt I made for him every night so he must like it too, he just would never say so. He's just one of those "glass half empty" sort of people that doesn't believe in allowing himself the pleasure of being happy. We're total opposites in just about everything. He like the outdoors, I don't. He like to gripe, I like to laugh. He's very tight and possessive, I'm more of a free spirited share everything type. But I've gotten used to him and when he's in one of his "moods" I just go upstairs and sew, so I guess I'll keep mine too. Besides, it would cost too much to get rid of him and I'm too old to break in a new one. LOL

My husband learned a couple of months ago that he better fake his approval of my quilting or else. I told him if he wants me to listen to him talk about football and all his hobbies then he better give me respect for my quilting. Now he tells me I have such and such day off if you want to spend the day quilting and he oooohs and aaaaws at everything.

My DH is an "enabler". He tells me of yardsale and auction ads that have anything sewing-related. He takes me to quilt stores when we are traveling...he takes a book and sits outside the store or in the car and reads while I shop.

About a week ago he saw an ad for giveaway of 2 antique sewing machines. I was at work so he called the person and went and picked them up and brought them home. They both were treadles! (Need work, but treadles, nonetheless.) He didn't tell me about them till I got home from work!

He spots fabric and sewing stuff at yardsales and thrift stores and points it out to me or calls me to tell me if I'm not with him.

One time he was at an estate auction without me and they had a sewing machine in a cabinet. He called me to ask how much he should bid. I told him don't go over $50 as it was a "want"...not a "need". Yep...he got it and brought it home. It is a Pfaff 130 in a perfect maple cabinet! He got it for $5!!! He is very proud of that purchase and tells people about it when the topic turns to quilting! LOL

He "jokes" about how much fabric I have or how many sewing machines I have (13 now including 2 toy sewing machines...oh yeah...he bought me my first toy sewing machine at a yardsale! LOL)

He collects and resells stone crocks and I go with him on his jaunts to find those. So we "enable" each other in our hobbies!

A typical trip/vacation includes at least one trip to a quilting store, an antique store, and a thrift store! LOL

Forgot to add...

When the kids moved out I took over both of their bedrooms...one is a sewing room and one is a quilting room (for my handquilting frame.)

When I look like I am headed upstairs to my "rooms" he'll say "Go to your room!" Or I'll say..."I'm going to my room...where I wanted to be in the first place." (The second one is from a Bill Cosby routine where his wife told him to get out of bed and get the kids breakfast...and he gives them cake and grapefruit juice. He says that when his wife came downstairs she sent him to his room..."where I wanted to be in the first place."!! )

Good for you!!! My DH is very supportive and never complains about money spent on my "stuff" His thing is deer hunting so we each do our own thing and it works out great!

My hubby has learned to look the other way when I bring fabric home, and he does not seem to notice that I have 10 machines. He always has comments. He uses phrases like, "You need more color contrast. Will it quilt out? You cut off a point. Those seams don't match". My favorite is "Wow, I like that one!"

Barbara - your husband sounds a lot like mine. He's into baseball and mustangs (1965's), and our relationship sounds exactly like yours. We show interest in each others' hobbies...or at least act like we do. Couldn't be happier with him. And we, too, make a great team!

My hubby and I are about the same. He helps me on occasion usually with mechanical issues. He has his hobbies too. We have been married 46 years.

My DH never says anything about my quilting. I use my own money to buy things and the only time she says anything is if I show him. Then all I get is a "uh huh" :(

On the other hand, my son loves what I make! :D

MY DH hates quilts. And he gives me grief about the money I spend. But then again he tries not to discourage me because he knows if he does and I stop quilting he won't be able to live with me!! After 20+ years of living with me and my depression he tries to keep me happy! :lol:

My husband is once again doing renovations on my sewing room, since Paco (my embroidery machine) moved in. He is going to redo my closet, take off the doors, and install a cabinet and more shelves for my stash.
And he is also building my greenhouse so we can use it next spring.

He has been known to say......"Get out of the truck, make sure you have your Visa"and then opens the fabric store door, shoves me in and says.."go get 'em baby"

:-) It is up to us to train them properly. They just don't know they will never graduate from "oooing and aaahing appropriately 101" . My husbands Mother and Grandmother did my training for me. Tom told his Dad I was working on a quilt. His Dad said "What is she using? Cotton?". I was so impressed, this man is 92. He, also, was trained properly, I think. Tom remembers the 'quilting ladies' coming to his house when they would leave for school. My quilting and crochet make him feel a piece of his Mom's presence for a few minutes. He is very supportive.

Shhhhhh, we won't tell. Tell us his board name. We promise to keep it quiet. :thumbup:

He compliments me on my projects; but complains when I buy fabric,patterns, and books. Tells me to use what I have before I buy more....he does have a point; but I just can't help myself!!

My DH has always been supportive along with our 3 sons who grew up with a Mom who makes quilts. DH never says a word on what I spend. He's really laid back about stuff like that.
He wants me to hang up just about everything I make, even the early stuff !!! That's really sweet and makes me very happy though.
Unfortunately he has a lot of interests but is a workaholic :(
I'm just hoping someday he decides to do some other things b/c he has a lot of talent!

Yes, he is a keeper!!!

My DH doesn't say much about my stash, books, machines or sewing room. He has even 'helped' with some of my quilts; boarder choices, what if's (this fabric over that) or even suggested that I make 'that' quilt but use colors that he would want. ;-) He knows that I really enjoy this craft/hobby, plus it keeps me a sane person (if I'm not happy, it might affect him). I think mine is also a keeper.

My DH supports anything I do. He helps me shop for material and makes things to make it easier for me. He encourages me all the time. I will keep him too!!!

I pretty much do whatever I want, and can spend what I want( within reason, because I'm not a big shopper). He does appreciate whatever I make, and has told other people about my sewing. The only bad thing, he hates me having a mess when I sew, and that is pretty hard not to do because I don't have a special sewing room. The older he gets, the better he is about that, and the older I get, the less it bothers me if he complains!!LOL

My DH is great. He's an enabler, he never complains about what I spend on fabric or books. Hunts for things on Craigslist, yard sales, flea markets. Loves everything I make and thinks we should keep it all. For Christmas a couple of years ago he made me a new quilt rack to hold many of my quilts.

The only way I care about DH supporting my quilting is with the checkbook. LOL.

My husbands hobby is woodworking. I keep telling him when I go out and buy a 24 x 36 air conditioned workshop like his you know we have a problem. If he goes to the fabric store with me I spend twice as much because he finds "things" for me to buy that I have to have and cant live without. Definately a keeper.

Since I used to crochet all the time he can't understand that I do that mostly in winter. He calls the quilting sewing when I walked out of the store with my new sewing machine last year he never said a word. He doesn't complain because he has a classic car, '56 Chevy, that he spends money on so we are pretty even on buying things for our hobbies.

My Dh totally supports me...He brags to everyone about my quilts! He will come in sometimes and watch me sew for a few minutes. He looks over my shoulder at times when I am on the board.

His thing is fishing and anything related to fishing. I can't go with him any more because of back problems. For a while I felt left out because he spends a lot of time on the net, talking to fishing buddies. Once I really got back into quilting and found all of you wonderful quilters to share ideas with, things went back to normal.

He does his thing and I do mine then we meet somewhere in the middle! Works for us! :D :thumbup:

My husband just told me...

"As long as you have your quilting stuff, a new truck and your Ruger 9mm, I am happy."......

How cool is that?

My husband is supportive, too. He never complains about what I spend. I just get the idea that he would like for me to find the formal dining room from under my stuff! lol

Your hubby is a keeper! My hubby supports my quilting, but sometimes he freaks out when I spend too much $$ on fabric.

My husband wants to know when I am going to do something with all of the fabric I have. I am just learning and haven't done alot.

Granny k

I can't take Hubbs to LQS or I'll end up leaving with 2 or 3 times more fabric then I went in there to buy! I know, horrible problem to have! ;) My hubbs is very supportive of me, he encouraged me to buy my mid-arm & frame when I found it on Craigslist, he gives me ideas for projects, and has a great eye for color and design. I love that he loves what I do.

Pat is my color coordinator and bestest quilting buddy. He even has his own chair in my sewing room. He is too funny. When we go to a quilt show and I insist that I WILL NOT be buying anything, he takes great care to point out all the things he knows I love. I call him an enabeling turd at that time, lol. When I say that I don't need to buy more fabric, he answers that "need" is not the only reason to buy stuff. It's nice to have that kind of a partner.

mine groans a little, but he is generally supportive of something that makes me happy.
I have FMS & CFS, so anything i do to keep my limbs moving is a good thing.

Whenever I say I just HAVE to stop buying fabric, my DH says it is not like I waste money (I am a penny pincher par excellance)or spend a lot on myself, so go ahead and buy what I want. And he has learned to oohhh and aaahhhh properly! Guess I'll keep him.

mine is all for my projects. He even helps me to look for fabric on ebay and other places. He goes fabric shopping with me as well.
He does not like the idea of spending hours in the fabric store, but, he is a good sport about it

My husband is like that too, he never says anything about how much fabric I buy--he is a golfer and that is his thing and quilting is mine. We will be married 41 years next May so I think we are going ok.

I think raptureready;s Dh and mine are brothers.My dh never supports anything I do,if anything he makes fun of anything I do.I think he can put his opinion where the sun doesnt shine