Yippee!!!!
12-01-2012, 11:14 AM
#11
Banned
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 3,536
Sometimes I am glad that my husband doesn't sew if he did who knows
what fabrics of mine he would be "digging" into. I KNOW that I do have
some fabrics that he likes.
He even comments on quilts and such in all my magazines when I am looking
at them. Pointing out the ones he likes/dislikes makes comments such as "I
think that would look better in a color combination such as...." Sometimes that
alone scares me.
But a couple weeks ago a friend of mine bought the 160th Anniversary Singer
machine online from Costco for $197 (yeah you read that correctly). I told my
hubs that I was jealous and wanted one of those machines. He told me I had
enough sewing machines. I informed him that if he didn't have enough computers
then I by no means have enough machines.
He went online to Costco to buy one for me but alas the sale was over and the
machine was no longer listed (he was going to buy it for me).
what fabrics of mine he would be "digging" into. I KNOW that I do have
some fabrics that he likes.
He even comments on quilts and such in all my magazines when I am looking
at them. Pointing out the ones he likes/dislikes makes comments such as "I
think that would look better in a color combination such as...." Sometimes that
alone scares me.
But a couple weeks ago a friend of mine bought the 160th Anniversary Singer
machine online from Costco for $197 (yeah you read that correctly). I told my
hubs that I was jealous and wanted one of those machines. He told me I had
enough sewing machines. I informed him that if he didn't have enough computers
then I by no means have enough machines.
He went online to Costco to buy one for me but alas the sale was over and the
machine was no longer listed (he was going to buy it for me).
12-01-2012, 01:40 PM
#12
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Thornton, Colorado
Posts: 1,023
My DH has been very supportive about my quilting to the extent he and his friend finished off half of the basement into a really nice well insulated studio (for me)/TV area (for him) a few years ago...what a priceless gift. Recently, he worked it out that we could afford to buy my new Bailey back in September. He has done a lot for me quiltwise,but he draws the line at learning to quilt 
. I have no problem with that; he is a real keeper!
. I have no problem with that; he is a real keeper!
12-01-2012, 04:41 PM
#14
Power Poster
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Outside St. Louis
Posts: 38,216
My Husband supports me in all the quilts I make and tells me how nice they look. That is enough for me, he has no attention to detail. That would drive me nuts. I don't want him to learn how and I don't think he wants to.
12-01-2012, 07:10 PM
#16
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Kilgore Tx
Posts: 1,883
If I have any problem with one of my machines I call DH for help. He can fix anything or at least tries. He has been invaluable with the LA. The first one we had, a used Voyager, had so many problems and he spent hours working with it. When we traded it in for a new Nolting he has used it as much as I have. He loads the quilt for me and likes to quilt on it. He actually has a steadier hand than I do and is much more patience. He encouraged me to buy the Nolting when I was hesitant.
12-02-2012, 04:52 AM
#17
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 471
After abut 2 years of sewing my DH has finally learned to put a bobbin in his machine!!! Yeeeehaaaa! I still have to fill them for him. But, his just learning to put them in has helped me tremendously!! Now, all I have to do is fill them and put them in a drawer for him. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks!!! I wonder how long it will take me to get him to learn how to fill his own bobbins!??
12-02-2012, 05:46 AM
#18
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Northeastern Indiana
Posts: 2,800
My father was color blind. In WWII he was a pilot and would have been sent to the front, but about that time digital instrumentation came out and it is RED AND GREEN. He could never pass the tests. So he was grounded and spent the entire war in Florida teaching classroom flying at the Naval Air Station in Orlando. Took Mom to the Officer's club and the Daytona Beach. Thanks Heaven he was color blind and I have no children to pass it on to. All the cars he bought were mouse gray.
My husband doesn't sew at all. He is color blind with about half the colors, but when something is "off" he comes up with great color suggestions! A few years ago he told me since I quilt, he'll do the cooking (turns out he's a better chef than I ever was), and he cleans! But he won't dust! When I try to help he tells me I'm doing the hard stuff, let him do the rest! NO, he's not for sale or trade!!!
12-02-2012, 05:49 AM
#19
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Rosedale, Indiana
Posts: 2,003
My husband doesn't sew at all. He is color blind with about half the colors, but when something is "off" he comes up with great color suggestions! A few years ago he told me since I quilt, he'll do the cooking (turns out he's a better chef than I ever was), and he cleans! But he won't dust! When I try to help he tells me I'm doing the hard stuff, let him do the rest! NO, he's not for sale or trade!!!
12-02-2012, 07:25 AM
#20
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Oregon
Posts: 1,904
After abut 2 years of sewing my DH has finally learned to put a bobbin in his machine!!! Yeeeehaaaa! I still have to fill them for him. But, his just learning to put them in has helped me tremendously!! Now, all I have to do is fill them and put them in a drawer for him. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks!!! I wonder how long it will take me to get him to learn how to fill his own bobbins!??
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
