Old Dogs & New IQ Tricks!

Here we are in all of our reflected glory -

IQ Guru Patty and I captured in the reflection of my IQ tablet as I try to take photos of settings and other things to remind myself of what to do when.

Yesterday was a GREAT learning experience - and it left me with more "What if?!" scenarios playing in my head - 

Last night while laying in bed I tried to focus on the things I learned and felt confident about, instead of the doubting nigglings on how to handle future error situations and things beyond my know-how.

I finally fell asleep realizing that no matter what happened, we'd deal with it one step at a time like everything else.

I had to chuckle to myself - because here I am getting all the technical trouble shooting info, when any situations might not even arrive until more than a year from now and I won't remember this training then either.

So focus on what I can do - and worry about what problems may arise later.  The brain can only hold so much with one day's worth of training!

She is so sleek and pretty!

We started out with loading designs, planning quilt layouts and choosing some simple patterns.

We worked with machine speed and stitch length and more technical stuff.

We played with a few different threads and adjustments.

This is NOT a pretty quilt!

Check out that farmer pig fabric on the back.  LOL!

We worked on moving design files from the computer to the thumb drive, to the IQ tablet and into folders to keep things organized as I go.  All of the basic step-by-step stuff.

I am so glad I spent time in Florida before Thanksgiving getting a bit of pre-training from my friend Terri so I didn't feel like I was walking into this unprepared.

After we'd done all we could and fit in as much as my brain could hold, I brought Patty up to the cabin to give her a little bit of a drive through our area and show her the "other" side of my life.

And then we grabbed The Hubster to head out to Corner Market to meet up with Marth and Don for burgers because no one was feeling like cooking after this long day either.

Mountain ridges in the distance - some snow still evident "Where the sun don't shine."

Today we have a high of 58 projected.  SO much different than just a week ago.  I'd like to think that winter is now past, and won't return - but I'm not fooling anyone on that front.

We'll just take today and enjoy it for the gift that it is.  Patty is heading back to North Georgia this morning and I'll be loading a quilt to start playing for real.

Thanks, Patty!!

I'm excited to really learn my new system and get some of these tops quilted and bound.

Speaking of binding -

Only 2 border rosettes were bound last night....someone was very snuggly and wanted her head in my lap at all times.  And that's okay.  

There are plenty of winter evenings still ahead to work on this binding a little bit at a time.

There are just a few more tweaks needed at my big computer to have everything ready for tomorrow's Chilhowie Part Six release.

Are you ready?

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

Say this with the excitement of a 5-year-old in a Batman cape!

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You can do this!

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String quilt shared by Siobhan.

Have a wonderful Thursday!