I know a lot of wifes that always tell what awful Hubbys they have...so its a real nice change that us quilting girls are bragging..and why shouldnt we when they are real nice???
My partner in love is so sweet too...when he realized my old Husqvarna needed to be changed out in a new Janome..he "dag me into the car and drove 3 hours to buy me one. When he saw the sewing table he insisted I needed it too. I wasnt hard to convince at all. The funny thing though is that he love every thing I make..and all my gadgets...rulers..needles...threads and fabric..he really enjoy it a lot. Sometimes I wonder when he will try to do some quilting too
After leaving for Bodoe he bought me a little Janome "because my big Janome always is busy doing free motion" :shock: :shock: And he knows how mush I hate to throw away any tiny little piece of fabric so he bought a felting machine too...hmmmm he may want me to stay inside sewing all afternoons and evenings I spend in Bodoe

And Sherry if DH is that befuddled at 57..in just a few years he will forget you are in your wonderful sewing room as soon you are out of sight :shock:

A lot of wonderful DHs for a lot of wonderful girls...can we have it any better????

The name of this thread is my poor, befuddled husband yet everyone is talking good about theirs. While my husband is very supportive of my sewing habits, this week he is very befuddled. On Monday he drove 2 hours to the airport to realize that he didn't have his passport and couldn't leave on his trip. So he had to reschedule for the same flight the next day and come home. Yesterday he drove the 2 hrs back to the airport and then called to say he couldn't find his drivers license. Well, at least he had his passport so he could leave. But I am thinking if he is this befuddled at age 57, what does the future hold!

Okay, ladies, I am going to go in and tell my husband how much I appreciate him and his willingness to support me in my "habit". I don't think it is enough to brag about them--we gotta tell them--so, here I go!

My DH is great about my quilting. He's even taken a miniature quilt class from George Siciliano with me. He's on the hanging/takedown crew of our show, he's white gloved a few times.
Now, he'd like to learn to really piece and make his own quilts. He thinks he may want to set up at craft shows. Of course, that's in addition to him wanting to train as a pharmacy tech for after retirement.
He's also my second pair of eyes when it comes to customer quilts. I really appreciate him.
eileenkny

My hubby goes in spurts. When he is overly supportive I call those Alien abduction days. There have been quite a few of those lately. This week though he is discouraging me from sewing. Not because he doesn't want me to create but because I over did it last week. He is also a wood worker. He is matticulous in his trade. He has fixed old wood floors that are much like a quilt. If you ever get to Franklinville, NY check out the Minor's Cabin. That is one of the most beautiful floors I have ever seen and he spent hours selecting wood and stressing it to make look just right so that no one would know that it was ever repaired. His passion though is in victorian clocks and ornaments. HE DRIVES ME NUTS Now I know how I must make him feel about my quilting. SEW we are two nuts living in one little tree But it worksRachel

Frances, I thought MY dh was supportive, but yours is really out there! My dh is also a wood worker, and we totally relate as our two passions have a lot in common. For instance, measure twice, cut once (which I've intentionally reversed for my TQS Member Blog title. ) He loves it if he can make me something useful for quilting. Before I bought my Bernina, I started out with a small Elna which didn't have an extension - just a small working area. So he fashioned an extension table out of a formica-covered board (used in shelving) that worked really slick. More recently, he built a design wall out of PVC pipe that stands alone, and can be broken down to carry to retreats, etc. I posted pix of it on my blog, if you're interested in seeing it. I try to give him opportunities to be a part of my passion - otherwise, he feels left out!

My hubby is a wood worker also. He made me this great cutting table that is two bookshelves back to back. Then it has a top that goes on top that is a frame for my 38 x 70 mat that I bought in Houston. I have boxes of WIPs on the shelves. Then he put a small shelf on one end for my sewing machine so I have a long expanse for the quilt to lay on.
He also knows a lot about quilts. When we walk around Houston, he asks a lot of questions. He and my dad both white glove in Houston. He pays attention when the quilters talk about their quilts so he can share with people walking by. One year I was taking classes but had had back surgery 3 weeks earlier so he came and cut fabric for me. He learned a lot during that class.
When he helped white glove the first local show I had quilts in, he worked near one of mine and I had a lot of ladies come where I was and tell me he was bragging about me. In 2006 I was one of the show chairs for the show and he was hanging/takedown chair. He spent the whole weekend at the show helping wherever we needed him. We're doing it again this year. I know I'm a real lucky quilter.

About a year ago on this thread, I threatened to trade or sell dh off to anyone who would offer "anything" for him -- well we are in the motorhome again and it has been awfully cold and rainy whereever we have been so he is an inside kind of guy and driving me nuts. (It could be that I hate having someone looking over my shoulder when I do anything and miss my private sewing room and almost private computer room where he rarely enters)

BUT yesterday after driving almost an hour to take my Viking Sapphire in to have the needle threader put on (again - the first repair person didn't tighten it in place so it immediately fell off) and have it cleaned etc. Thought I would be able to get both machines cleaned while we waited but no luck but that is not why I started this story so back on track

We were in the shop and another woman came in all upset and being quite crabby. Dh offered to help her bring her machine in to the shop and as I was looking around he started talking quilts with her (who knew - he has learned something after all) Then he mentioned Ricky and TQS - the shop owner knew Ricky's name but not much else. The other woman knew about Alex but not Ricky. I listened in the background for a while and after the crabby woman was all smiles I jumped in and wrote down information about TQS (and of course my name and screen name etc. so she can list me if she joins - I really pushed the basic as a place to start so hopefully she will get hooked-

But after a year and a half of dh fussing about my "addiction to everything Ricky and TQS" I find out three things:

1. I guess he is glad my addiction isn't to something worse
2. He must be a little proud of the things I do to voluntarily mention that I am a quilter etc.
3. Maybe --- just maybe ---- there is a chance he would drive the motorhome to La Veta for a taping or if by some miracle I get accepted for retreat. (cross your fingers gals it is possible that yesterday was an alien dh day and things will change again tomorrow)

Ann who is still in shock

But is does hurt if you run over your finger while sewing at your machine!

Plus, it doesn't hurt when you hit yourself in the thumb with our fabric!

That is so true. I love to build things too but its not as easy. Fabric is way more forgiving. Have a good day, Karen

well I guess wood and screws are their fabric and pins...

Isn't it amazing how quilters often seem to find themselves married to men who are into either miniatures (mine is into model trains) or wood working (mine also does scroll saw work). I once was at a Woodcraft store with my Dh and ran into a lady there who was looking through a quilt book while her dh was shoppng. As we were talking several men approached, saw the book and commented that their wives also quilted. Even the owner came over and told us about the quilt his wife was working on I've said ever since that if you ever combined a quilt shop and a woodworking/hobby shop under one roof it would be the buisiest shop anyone has ever seen

Hubby is now oin his third "quilted" table.
unfortunately, he's yet to put the legs on the first one!! I can't even say anything about it, 'coz I haven't finished my first quilt yet...though I have finished several others.
Now we both have UFOs

LOL!
Gisela