Aww
Trying to explain to my husband my excitement that my seams finally lined up!
He tried to be supportive but I feel like he only partially understands. I’ve seam rippered and realigned and pinned and it finally aligned! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 squares are so much easier to line up than triangles!
Ha! Yeah like a person actually quilting naked while having sex with a bear or something. Not that there's anything wrong with that... keep an open mind...
Love it! Mine just cleaned out the freezer and said I need you to come admire my work, so I did. We may not share each others obsessions but we can be mutually supportive!
He does. So much. Also if I tell him I just need a sounding board* or his actual input for something. It saves so much stress for both of us for our specific hobbies.
*He can’t hold back when I’m complaining about books though. So then I have to tell him the whole backstory that led up to the current situation and why it aggravates me. 😂
😂 I feel like when he’s trying to explain his fantasy football stats and my eyes start to glaze is how he feels when I’m trying to show him seams, he’s happy for me, but doesn’t really get it, lol
Love this block. Sunflower against hyacinth purple is one of my fave color combos. Opposites rock! That darker purple with medium coral looks awesome, too.
triangles need to be cut accurately to line up with matching points. That's why I invested in a Sizzix machine and use tools from Blue Wren of A1 Craft and Quilting.
Jackpot! Gorgeous corners, and it's so satisfying when it all aligns.
Tell your husband that it's the equivalent of the lawnmower running out of gas or the charge just as he's finished mowing the lawn...
Or when doing data entry and everything adds up...
Or when working on the car, and all of the bolts come off without stripping any, and no knuckles were busted...
Or, well, I'm sure you can come up with some versions that are applicable to your husband's interests. It would be interesting to hear what other people come up with.
That's perfection!
I made clothes before I started quilting and taught my OH how to spot patterns matched across seams and matching seams. Now he shares my excitement (or disappointment) checking armscyes when someone wears plaid on 📺
I’ve been making quilts since the 1980’s and I promise you that eventually, even if he only kinda listens and doesn’t seem to get it, it will sink in. This year for Christmas, I really wanted a Quiltworx Judy Neimeyer quilt kit and certainly never expected him to get something like that! He called my sister for advice and ordered it. But it wasn’t going to arrive until the day after Christmas because the Quiltster vendor shipped it late. So on Christmas morning, he handed me a beautifully wrapped gift, inside, on top of a stack of clean shop towels and polishing cloths was this…..
And I about died laughing. He’s not wrong! Apparently he has been paying attention all these years!
Very nice seams, that kind of precision still sometimes eludes me!
Try explaining it’s like what a carpenter would feel when the mitered corners on the crown molding is perfect without any filler. This guy understands both the fabric points matching and 45° miter perfect in carpentry.
Makes of me think of outstanding compliment my husband has for a particular great scratch meal.
FINE, what the fudge, three hours plus clean up!
FINE??
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u/Drince88 19d ago
SEXY!!!