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I don' t know where all the time goes. I have been working on another show quilt and you could say it is eating my lunch. I have worked on it already over 100 hours and I think I may be half way finished, not quite. Some of you may have seen this quilt if you have taken the Show Quilt Class from Cheri Meineke-Johnson and myself. It is all hand-pieced and hand-appliqued. It is a beauty. It has been scaring me for more than a year now until I finally got up the courage to tackle it.  Maybe I'm the only one who feels this way, but there will be no quilt until it's time. 

  I have also been working on getting all my samples and kits ready for HMQS and MQS. My Statler has been going full time preparing all my student's quilts, while I am quilting on my Vision.  It's awesome.

  I'm so happy the 4th Season of Linda's Longarm Quilting is finished and is for sale as a series.  You can also watch it on thequiltingschool.com.   I had some awesome guests and I think the projects I worked on were the very best. I hope everyone will check it out. I know you will be inspired in your own quilting.

  Happy Easter to everyone! The Lord has blessed us all so much, I'm grateful for my blessings, especially my family and friends.

So I can see this topic is important to many of you out there. I have received several messages about my last post on pattern digitizing. So.. I have crafted an answer to one of the questions. Basically the question is this.. if you already use AutoSketch to digitize patterns, is Art 'n Stitch worth your time and effrot to learn - not to mention your $$ to buy it.

So I received several good questions from a contact via the BLOG about digizing in Illustrator. This whole topic is miltu-faceted. So I thought is might be useful to all you to read the questions, and my answers. ;-)

So got a message asking about troubles with digitizing with Adobe Illustrator. The message referenced my blog entry about that topic.

A vocal minority has caused alot of discssion about the topic of pattern encryption for the Statler Stitcher. The question comes down to this, "Is it worth the hassle?" Well... here's the answer and details.

Anyone who knows me, knows of my obsession with Apple computer.  I just happen to also enjoy the Statler Stitcher… along with digitizing stuff on a computer.  I have been perplexed ever since I was introduced to this industry with the lack of Apple and Adobe influence.  After all, those are two BIG names in the creative and artistic worlds.

I have received many requests on how to run a Statler Stitcher using an Apple computer.  Here’s a quick video showing how.  If you have any questions… post to my forum.

I have offered technical support to many, many quilters over the years.  This support has been simple, complex and perplexing. As any good Geek, I like perplexing.  I enjoy the process of taking something a part (both literally and figuratively) to discover the why, who and what of systems around me.  Here’s an example of one such aspect of computerized quilting that can pass  by you with little (if any) notice, or become a huge conundrum and stumbling block.  I call this the “Quilting Uncertainty Principle”.

The last three days have been filled with lots of quilting. My son-in-law, Todd Fletcher, has been filming a new video with me for thequiltingschool.com It is filled with tons of ideas for blending freehand quilting with computerized quilting.

Well, I’m writing from the Houston Quilt Show.  It has been a great show.  I was worried that with the economy in the tank that many people would opt to stay home this year.  Market seemed to confirm that.  But Festival has really been busy and exciting.

The coolest geek thing for us Statler Stitchers is in the new 1.2 update for Creative Studio. For us Beta testers – none of this new stuff is…well…new.  But I’ll list the key features I’ve been playing with during the show.