Lady Shivesa

My DH is also very supportive. I love to show him what I worked on while he was at work, and he always compliments it. Sometimes I even get a very random and very sincere, "You know, you're really good at that stuff," and it makes me positively beam with happiness. Nothing like making my man proud of me.

I thought it was interesting that some of you have DHs that don't have hobbies and want you to spend your time with them. When we first got married, I actually felt that way as my DH is a gamer and will spend hours playing video games. It's probably half the reason I took up quilting - so I'd have a hobby to do while he did his! Now I understand his addiction to video games, because I'm just as addicted to quilting if not more!

Now we get along very well, each of us supporting each others addictions. Yep, it's a good life for sure.

twinkie

My DH is absolutely wonderful. He is so creative. When I see something I think I can use, he goes home and makes it for me. He made the miniature 15" ironing board in my Avitar. If I have a problem he invents something to help correct it. If I need a measurement, i.e. "Honey, I have a square that is 5". What size triangles do I need to place the square on point?" And after a few minutes, he comes up with the answer. But, the best part is about the fabric. If there is a sale on, he goes to the fabric store with me and when I say "Give me 2 1/2 yards", he says, "Honey, are you sure? Go ahead and get 5 yards." I thought I had died and gone to Heaven the first time he went fabric shopping with me. Thank you so much for allowing us to brag about our husbands.

fatqtrjunkie

That almost brought tears to my eyes, yup, he's a keeper

TX GMimi

My hubby's hobby is reading. So, when he buys books, I get to spend that amount on quilting stuff. If he ever discovers the city library - I'm sunk! ROFL!!

fatqtrjunkie

My hubby is a keeper too, when my daughter moved out he stuck a post it note on the door "Veronica's sewing room", then during the hottest days of the year, he tore up the carpet, laid down bamboo flooring, painted, redid the closet and put up shelves. Then he moved all my "crap" from the basement upstairs. The post it note is still there 2 years later.

plainpat

I've enjoyed this thread so much.Giving credit where it's due goes a long ways toward keeping a DH happy.Sounds to me like we do have great hubs.Thank the Lord for all of them.It sure makes for a better life.

plainpat

He really put some thought into your gift.What a great idea,he did good :-)

Hubby is not a flower sending kind of guy. His words, "the damn things just die and look ugly" but he really shocked me. He went to one of my favorite shops, bought 20 fat quarters that looked really nice together. He then took those to our local florist (a quilty friend of mine). She folded the FQ's to look like flowers and put them in an arrangment! It was drop dead gorgeous. I would post a photo but I lost the photos on a hard drive that died.

Yep, I think I'll keep him.

samharley

I have a wonderful husband, He shops with me ,never rushes me when I am shopping .The first quilt I made was grandmothers small flower garden, I got it going and could't figure how to put it together, He did!!! He fix'es my machine if it gets out a little on stiches,ect. He builds things for me. I just told him I wanted to turn one of the bedrooms upstairs into a sewing room ( more room up there) He is going to do that for me !! He is great at " new honey doo's " He is a very kind and loving husband,

sewbeit58

My husband helps pick out most of my colors and matches them for each quilt. He is soo good with that and I am not. He just let me get the Qbot and Inspira frame so I can finish the tops I have stacking up. He never complains about my sewing except to say that he hopes I live longer than him so he doesn't have to clean out my sewing room.

ksea

I too have an awesome DH. He has always supported me in my addiction to quilting, always plans for quilting stops whenever we go anywhere, sometimes it is a shop hop trip with only adding to my stash in mind. (In July we went for 5 days, just to quilting shops!) AND when I decided to quit smoking last November he told me I could have $3100. to buy a quilting machine and frame because he was proud of me for quiting. It doesn't matter what I need built or fixed or moved he is always more than willing to help and he thinks I need every new gadget that comes out. He truely is my enabler and I have always tried to be his also. He has several hobbies that are equally expensive as my quilting and even though he retired after 30 years from general Motors he still works at a job he loves, erecting wind turbines, just so that we have extra money for our hobbies. Oh and did I mention that he is OCD so when he is home, my house is always spotless!! sometimes too clean!!! I'm glad that this thread was started so that we can give credit where credit is due. I wouldn't trade my DH for anything,