Don't hide it....don't need to.....in fact, when he gets home from work, I can't wait to show him. And he always says, "That's nice!"

I don't hide it. I have a hearing loss so I just let him rant. He gets over it I guess

This post is so funny. I thought I was the only one who had to deal with this. I don't hide but my DH is gone often enough thoughout the week that when I come home with any quilting stuff it just goes straight to my sewing room. He's more than welcome to take inventory but I don't think he does or I don't know if he has. I just don't like comments that are made or looks he gives. He just doesn't understand my passion for quilting.

I don't hide any purchases. He never complains!

When he is not at home. Then later when he asks if that is new, I comment, "Oh I have had that for a while." Do you notice "awhile" can mean any amount of time. hehe

I only try to sneak fabric in after I've just made the remark - "I could sew from now till Christmas steady and not run out of fabric" ----------------- and then I come home with a few new pieces; no way do I want to admit, I'm too a fabricholic! lol But, it is true - for the most part my DH loves my quilts - and he loves fabric, and in fact has picked out some of his own at times for a future quilt - so I should not feel guilty.

I don't have t sneek, but I do have to try and keep his spending down. He does machine embroidery and is always wanting something new. He had more things embroidered than I have time to turn them into quilts. He just bought 3 sets last night and 2 sets came in the mail on wednesday. ugh what is a girl to do

LOL...my husband has moderate alzheimers so I just show it to him...he forgets 5 minutes later!!!

Don't have to hide what I buy, but have to find a place to store it. Trunk of my car is full. Now under the floor around the spare tire. Hmmm, that is an idea. He did say he hoped I never have a flat. Ha!!

I don't have to hide it, but if I am feeling guilty thinking I spent more than I should have, I leave it in my car and then when he goes into the bathroom to take a shower or something, I run to the car grab my goodies and bring them downstairs and put them away. The guilt doesn't go away and it eats at me that I am keeping something from him so then I show him a couple of days later the great deal I got at goodwill or ebay. And I have no reason to feel guilty about spending under $2.00/yd for fabric, we are far from struggling. It really is just my own messed up head about spending money on myself. I think it comes from years of being a single mom and not being able to because if I did indulge it meant the kids not getting something they might need.

Dh never says a word about what I buy. He learned about 30 years ago not to say anything. We use to visit my parents and would go shopping at a craft store. I would only buy little cross-stitch kits that were on sale. This is basically how our conversation went that day:

Dh: Do you really need that?
Me: No, but I want it, it's cute.
Dh: Don't you have enough stuff at home?
Me: Probably. Do I go out to Bingo with the ladies, then go sit in the bar with them for a couple of hours afterwards?
Dh: No.
Me: Do I go bowling with the girls and sit in the bar for a couple of hours?
Dh: No.
Me: Where am I every night?
Dh: Home.
Me: What am I doing every night?
Dh: I don't know, some kind of stitching.
Me: Now, would you rather have me home stitching or out with the girls?
Dh: Home. Is there anything else you need?
Me: No, this is it.

Since then, he never says anything about fabric or anything else I buy.

I don't hide, but I think hiding sounds like much more fun!!

this is my hubby too. A frugal man that loves to see me happy, and never hesitates to let me purchase something I want if I think I need it!!! He just smiles :thumbup:

My husband really doesn't care but there is something exciting about sneaking something into the house.

Funny this should come up now. I was just talking about this with some friends. One told me she knew a lady who kept empty Cheerios boxes. Then would roll her fabric up, place the boxes among her other groceries, and sneak it in that way!

Personally, seems like too much work for me! Guess I'm just lucky I carry a big purse!

My husb does not care if I buy material. He buys tools. So I don't have to hide my materal .Sometimes I think he may put his new tools away before I see them though. I don't know why...

I don't hide fabric, DH is usually with me when we visit a quilt shop which is when we visit our grandbabies. No quilt shops local. If I buy online he knows about it too. We are very honest with each other.
I also must add, that DH does not care, he told me, he buys tools, why shoudn't I be able to buy fabric

My DH would probably buy me a fabric store if it was in the budget. He just built (with help) a quilting studio/guest house for me out of a grain silo. I'm married to a saint! I've spent the last 5 years living 6 hours from him tending to the needs of his mother who has Alzheimers.

I don't hide it. I complain every time I bring some home about the price.

Me too, and I pay with cash so there's no paper trail! I don't over spend, but my DH has different priorities when it comes to spending--his! I'd just as soon avoid the hassle.

If my DH askes if when I got something in my sewing room I just answer, "I had it". Then we laugh. MY DH and his brother always used that answer on their mother. Mine doesn't care how much I buy. He only laughs when I say I am not going to buy fabric until I use up a lot of what I have. LOL Like that will happen!

Same here. We both stay in our budget. My "Sewing Room" is out in the open so I have to keep it clutter free as possible. We both hate the clutter.

Hubby often shops with me,so no need to hide it. :thumbup:

[quote=GrandmaLola]Funny this should come up now. I was just talking about this with some friends. One told me she knew a lady who kept empty Cheerios boxes. Then would roll her fabric up, place the boxes among her other groceries, and sneak it in that way!

LOL! Cheerio Boxes, this was sooo funny to me.
I never really had a problem until I worked at JoAnn's, something about that discount!!! I never really had to sneak it in, but I had more JoAnn's plastic bags in my bin than the ones from the grocery store! He jokes about that!

i got so many chuckles out of this while drinking my coffee this morning! LOL the 5 minute forget, the cheerio box, haha you guys are great. hubby says nothing but sometimes i get 'the look' especially since we are on a budget...but i WILL say i have hidden other things i don't want him to find for whatever reason, even though we don't really sneak things....try the inside of an old computer tower, gals, it works great and they NEVER go thru the trouble of getting the screwdriver to open up the side!! LOL happy friday!! :)

I don't hide my fabric purchases anymore since I generally pay with my debit card and my DH sees the $ amounts anyway. But I am currently hiding new curtains in my trunk. Our bedroom has 6 large windows and since the windows are old it's a bit cold sometimes. I talked him into letting me purchase thermal lining and making my own liners. But after making 2 of them I didn't like the way they hung. So I was out yesterday walking in the mall (I never, ever go there anymore) and found beautiful already lined curtains at a deep discount $13 a panel 43 x 84. The thermal lining I purchased was about that price and this way I don't have to do any sewing--just hang them up while he's out and he will never know. Oh, I didn't use my debit card this time but my secret stash money I generally save for mad money. I figured it was worth giving up a little fabric shopping this time.

With 2 cars, I'd leave it in the trunk until "he" went to work. My mother almost ruined things for me when she was looking for something for me on one of her visits and stated that every door and closet had fabric in them.

I don't sneak either, hubs is gone all day and i bring it in while he's gone

Love the pic of your sheltie

If I have to sneak it in, I don't think I want it

I couldn't hide if I wanted to. Every time I use the debit card, he gets an email from the bank that shows I made a purchase at where ever and how much I spent.

But it wouldn't matter. The man encourages me to spend and sew. We stopped at my sewing machine shop recently for me to buy a notion. He sees a Pfaff on sale for $6,500 and starts asking the store clerk questions about it like he is going to buy it for me. I had to drag him out of there! LOL! I'm the tight one at our house. LOLOL

i always find it sad and a little worrisome when i hear people are (sneaking-hiding) their purchases...regardless if it's fabric, food, clothes...what ever---it is a sad thing to be living in such a state...i would not be able to buy anything if i felt i had to hide it from anyone. i stay within my budget -sell and quilt enough to support my hobbie and would not dream of (sneaking packages into my home) i would feel dishonest

Well, I was getting worried at first reading this thread with so many declaring they didn't have to hide. You are lucky to have such understanding SOs. My DH just doesn't understand why I would ever need another scrap of fabric when I already have so much. Recently I bought a piece for backing, and he was astonished that I "needed" fabric. I had to explain what it was for, and then he seemed mollified. It's worse because most of the fabric in my stash was purchased with garments in mind and aren't suitable for quilting. (I'm working on destashing those.) Don't get me wrong; I can do whatever I want. But, as another board member remarked, I just don't like the looks and disapproving remarks.

That being said, I mostly used the whisking the fabric into the house when he wasn't looking or wasn't home. And I like the cover of "Oh, I already had that." I think I've considered using that from time to time but haven't needed to. At the height of my "illness," though, I actually had fabric delivered to my work! We had a great central mailing unit that distributed letters and packages to our offices. I did finally start getting a few notices stuck onto my fabric purchases stating that they suspected these packages were not "workplace-related." LOL!

Yeah, I did feel a little guilty, but it was my money.

When I do buy fabric or anything related to quilting my standard answer. "I got a bargain."

Lol this is too funny! I have a small side job that earns me some extra fabric cash, so when I buy, my husband looks at it and will sometimes comment, "Oh, that looks so cool! I want that on a quilt for me!" But otherwise, he really doesn't care. I think he's happy that I have a hobby. Lol

I don't hide anything I buy. My DH is very understanding. Made him a shirt yesterday. I'm good for the next 100 years.

However, you hiding things made me think of a friend from long ago. She would buy clothes and bring them home and throw them into the dryer. Next day she would come out wearing the item. Her Dh would ask, "Isn't that new? " Her reply, "NO, I just got it out of the dryer."

i don't hide it.
I don't smoke, drink, or gamble. Though if I did it probably wouldn't cost as much as my fabric does some times.

My husband knows when I have started a new quilt project. I always tell him I'm on the way to shop for more fabric. So its never a problem. I show him what I bought and ask
what he thinks. Usually same answer-"its nice". Can't get
much better than that. Betty Lee

I wouldn't hide anything from my husband, especially my spending habits, and he gives me the money I need to go and buy my fabric.

Oh yeah, I have to sneak fabric into the house.

Batting too, now thats tough to hide, so I usually will wait until hubby is sleeping for that one!