[quote=Crqltr]My brother never fails to remind me how dumb it is to cut up fabric just to sew it together again....

my ex use to say the same. Although my DD never got into sewing or quilts I would ask her opinion on color and she was pretty much right most times. She doesn't want a pieced quilt just not her style.

AT least my DH says nice things about my works in progress although his face is saying "What in the world is she thinking!"

About 15 yrs ago I took my hubby to a quilt show in Orlando. He walk ed around, studied each one then told me these aren't what my grandmother used to make. Now he flips thru a quilt magazine if it's lying on the coffee table and comments about one here and there. As a retired builder he has helped me in the sewingroom more than once from doing math to cutting (when my wrist was broken). The biggest difference in his trade and my hobby is fabric is flexible - wood is not.

This is beautiful! Great job!

To save that argument with husbands, my pattern calls for one large piece of blue star fabric add a red and white strip set to that and then add the remaining stripes. So much easier. Then all they have to complain about is the stars are one laid out as they should be. :? Oh well. Can't please everyone. Just please yourself. :-D As long as you are happy with it, who cares what he thinks. We all think it's great. :thumbup:

It is my opinion that when you are discussing quilting with non-quilters, you might just as well be speaking a foreign language. At best, they hear, "blah, blah, blah, blah". The only reason I talk to non-quilters (either on-line or face to face) is for my own satisfaction ... I know they understand absolutely nothing that I'm saying ... and I don't care!

I like very much how your flag is done. Lucky for me my dh praises my work, puts pictures up on FB sometimes telling people I made it even before I get a chance. He is very supportive of my quilting

lol! that's what my DH always says to me!

It's not just husbands that can't see the beauty in an unfinished quilt. My 6 yr. old grandson saw a potholder I made that didn't have the binding on it yet and said, "Ma'amMaw, no one will want to use that, it's too ugly." :-( I first thought he was talking about the colors or the pieced design, which I thought were extra nice, then I discovered he was talking about the raw edges.

Men! Can you just smack him upside the head for all of us??? rotflmbo!