My husband is very understanding of my obsession, because he has three! Golf, watercolor painting and his Macintosh!! He spends plenty of time and $$$$ on all three, but is totally supportive of my habit. In fact, he built me my huge cutting table on wheels, which folds down to just 20" x 44" and HIGH because I am tall! Also, built me a wonderful light box; designed and built all the racks for my guild's quilt show last year (with one other man helping out) and THEN... made a DVD of all the quilts in the show - #102 to music!! So I can't complain, but he still can't find the hamper or the dishwasher!!! And unless it can be cooked in the microwave, no luck there! ;>) ;>)

Oh Pat is such an enabler. When my Keepsake Quilting catalog comes in he hides it behind his back and plays "pick the hand" like a little boy. Too funny.

You know, just after I posted DH mentioned he had almost tripped on the mess in the living room. I assured him as soon as I got the comic book boards, it would help and that satisfied him. Gotta love that man :wink:

I recently made three quilts for three little girls and my husband had difficulty with it in the time spent working on the quilts rather than satisfying my customer's (in my quilting finishing business) needs.

Since I've retired, he is sometime jealous of time NOT spent with him.

My husband is very supportive and even suggests maybe I can show him how to do a few things. However, he did say he didn't want me to just sit and sew in my free time, but to also get out there and do some exercise. I think he's hinting.....haha

My husband doesn't mind me sitting and sewing but he always says that I need to get out of the house. If I leave, my car always heads towards a fabric store. I have enough fabric to last a couple of life times.

My husband is great about it. He never complains about the time I spend, or the money. He doesn't mind attending a quilting show with me, or waiting in the car when I run into the local fabric store "just for a look!"
He even bought me an Oliso pro iron for Christmas, and get a real kick out of watching it in action!
I couldn't ask for a better hubby! Fortunately, he also has a hobby he loves....fishing! We always have a fishing vacation each year, so it's a fair deal!
Quilting magazines on my nightstand.....fishing on his!
Great arrangement!

DH may shake his head or roll his eye at my quilting, being amused by it all, and then go on about his business. (all DHs should have business to be going about and leave us to our knitting)

If it isn't for immediate family, I won't give it away unless it is a gift. Everyone I knows asks what they can give for doing a certain something, and I don't hesitate to ask that they pay for the materials (but I wont take anything from my kids and their spouses and does not include all the charity donations.). I don't make a profit off anything I make. Don't know if I will ever go that route.

My DH is great about everything. He bought me my first expensive machine back in 1986, (a Pfaff I still use and love), will fix anything I need for my sewing room, works on my machines, does not care what I spend on fabric and such, insisted I buy a used Brother embrodiery machine I really didn't want to, and we just bought a used Voyager 17 longarm with frame. He is interested in it and how it works. I just left him alone and he set it up and got it to working. He seems to like my projects also. I think I'll keep him.