ramona-quilter Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Well, I got my IQ last week. I love it and am trying out several patterns. I had some trouble with some things but I cried out to my friend Debbi Treusch and she helped me over the rough parts to start. I also had a hard time figuring out how to the finish a row of panto, roll the quilt and start the next row. The IQ-Yahoo group helped me with that. On the bright side, when I couldn't get the quilt lined up where it was supposed to go, it took me 2 clicks to go into manual mode so I could "fill" in the gaps in the pattern. So here's a couple of my efforts. This is a kingsize rail fence in blues. This photo is the flannel back so you can see the quilting. The digitized pattern is called Virginia Flower. I should have scaled it to be bigger since I used double batts. The customer wanted fluffy. This one was a rush on a shop sample. I used Linda Taylor's digitized Twirly Feather. I love this one because it is big and open, not too dense. I did the Twirly Feather in the field, nothing in the inner border and Sassy (digitized) from Keryn Emmersen in the outer border. I did not have the pattern sized correctly (another mistake) so if you look, you will see how IQ travels (in a straight line) down the side to the next part of the pattern. LQS owner said it was OK with her. Next time I use a panto inside a border, I will have to "Preview" the entire row to see where it ends. This was a special-order digitized pattern called Menorah and Stars of David from Georgette Dell"Orco at Quilter's Niche. Another Virginia Flower scaled to 14 inches. And this is a paper-piece fractured hearts that I did freehand hearts and ribbons on. The IQ comes with some nice patterns but it is always fun to freehand and to play with new patterns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebFigved Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Linda, You've been having fun.! Your quilts are gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtreusch Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Nice Linda. I always make my panto patterns just a bit wider and longer than the quilt. Then I can use the pause marker on the first couple of rows to get the stitching where it needs to be on the edges of the quilt. Have you tried that yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Linda, you are KNOCKING those quilts out LEFT and RIGHT girlfriend! WOW! And, as always, they are georgous! And, yes Debbi is the computer GURU of QUILTS I swear! Heck, she's a computer gugu without quilts. LOL. LUV YA DEBBI! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerriVB Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Look at you go Linda---I am going to be saving up my pennies for sure now!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBQLTN2 Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Linda wow, you really have been a busy little beaver. I was thinking yesterday that I had not seen many posts from you lately. Now I see why, You are having such a good time learning your new machine and making so much quilters candy for us to drool over. way to go, keep up the good work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraJ Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Linda, Been thinking lots about you and your new IQ. Love your free-hand hearts and it looks like you and IQ are going to be great friends and get lots of quilting done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Hi Linda, Good to hear from you. I know you are having fun with your IQ. Are you going to Longbeach International Quiltl Show? I might be there on Saturday. Corey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Linda it sounds like you are making quick work of learning IQ and the quilting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 I knew you would love it. I'm going to come out and check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sams Mom Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 It looks like you have IQ figured out. Apparently it is easier than the Blackberry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Yeah, I wonder how many teenaged boys came to her house to help her :P:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Linda, looks like you are learning a lot and having fun in the process! The quilts---and the quilting look terrific! I got you blog link to work! Yay! Looking forward to seeing more of what you do with IQ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Looking great Linda. You have been busy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Linda, your work is beautiful and you must be a computer whiz to be doing that work, so soon. Love your attitude too... keep stitching and giving calmness and comfy feelings. Hugs, Ritar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathG Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Lida beautiful quilts, keep having fun !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcclannan Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Linda, your pictures are great. What fun! Mary Beth - your comment about teenage boys made me laugh since just yesterday I had to call a neighborhood boy to come help me with my misbehaving IPOD. He just pushed some buttons, reset it, and smiled. I wanted to slap him and hug him at the same time.:P:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoriasews Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 I had sent you a PM last week but must have got lost in cyberspace. I was asking how you liked the IQ. Those first couple of weeks are hard. There is just so much to learn and you just can't remember it all. And then, we just continually get the incredible updates that you have to figure out how to use, too. I was close to tears several times and mad other times, but wow, once you get it, the possiblilties are limitless. I am using the IQ much, much more than I thought I would. Good luck and good learning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekah Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 I knew we would be seeing come pretty eye candy from you and your new toy. thanks for sharing your hard work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramona-quilter Posted July 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Thank you all for your encouragement and nice comments. Well, except for that little dig from my Colorado buddy. OK, you have to hear the story. I'm sure that I don't tell it as well as Mary Beth but here goes.... I replaced my cell phone just before going to MQS. I was trying to figure out how to make it ring with special ring tones and somehow, I set "Girl's Just Wanna Have Fun" as the default ringtone for everybody. I was having a hard time figuring out how to change it one night when we were all at dinner. There were 3 teenage boys in the booth across from us. So I asked them if they knew how to fix the ringer. They were game enough to try but couldn't figure it out. So I had to get my son (no longer a teenager) figure it out for me. Victoria - sorry I missed your PM. I think that my technical skills are sagging, like the rest of me. I know what you mean about the startup. It was scary and then I noticed it was Linux. OK, I can do this. I am having fun with it. What I love is that I can get to manual mode by pressing a couple of buttons so I can freehand parts of a quilt as well as use the computer to do a design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoriasews Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Oh, I know what you mean! I love being able to compute awhile, switch and add some freehand, flip back to compute some more and then add more freehand. I wouldn't be able to handle quilting if I had to stop and adjust cables. I can handle 3 seconds just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Okay, my version goes like this.... We went out to dinner one evening during MQS. Linda kept messing with this new cell phone that she could not get to ring...and if I am not mistaken...she could only call me. She pushed every button on that phone. Finally, at dinner, (we were sitting in a booth and Linda was on the inside), sitting across the way from us were 3 teenage boys. Linda looked over and said, "Hey, I bet they could tell me how to use this thing!" Then she made me scoot out and then she scooted out and went to their table...sat down...and handed them her phone. They messed with it a bit too, but no one at that table could figure it out either. If it had been me, that is when I would have taken it back to the store. If a teenage boy can't figure out a cell phone....then no one can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Linda sounds like your having a lot of fun with your IQ and learning a lot. Your Quilts look Great!!! Your Cell Phone story is cute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 Your quilts look great. It's seems to be great to be able to switch back and forth from compueter guided to had guided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renae Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 Looks like you have that IQ accomplished and now just some twikking is called for. You are doing great with it and I love what you have done so far. The quilt designs are beautiful so keep up the good work. I also love the idea of IQ and freemotion quilting without too much trouble. Great idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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