I can get the spousal unit to cut, piece and quilt, but I have to play dumb or frustrated to do it! :lol:
If he hears, "DAMMIT!!", he'll wander in to see what the problem is and he's a "fixer", he has to "fix" everything.
If I whine that a deadline is looming and I have no way to meet it, he pulls up a chair at one of the machines and does a better job than I do!