Though Creepy stills needs assistance (he continues to get hung up on the drain, or randomly flip himself over), after my help today the pool sure does look a whole lot cleaner!!!

Yesterday I turned my sunflower block into an oversized placemat.  

This morning I quilted it, and then even got started on the binding...

which I finished this afternoon.

I did need to clean the machine when it started acting up.  

Guess what I found inside?

Another interruption occurred when I I needed to start a new spool of thread - but it didn't go well at all.  

After cutting here, and cutting there (though neither cut worked, just wasted thread) I searched for an Aurafil video on the 'net. After a (too-long) intro, which listed the various wrong things people - including me - had already tried, she showed me the simple trick.  Turns out the end twists off and VOILA - there's the start!

After all these years (20?!) of using only Aurafil, 

today this old dog learned a new trick!