Well, the new hard drive is in. I even got to help screw it into the protective guides with the little tiny screws. Took a couple hours – literally – to zero out the new hard drive. Then we partitioned it and installed OS 9.1 into both partitions. Then began the process of hauling all the stuff from Ron’s machine to this one.

Not hard exactly but you have to be careful. Still have some bugs to work out. Why don’t all the hierarchal menus work in the apple menu? Why can I get the AIM up in the main menu bar but not palm? Why don’t some settings seem to stick? Why did I ever do this? Oh yeah – 20 gigs.

Well, most things are back to normal. The rest shouldn’t be too bad. Crossing fingers on that one.

Tonight I spoke at my friend Pat’s adult ed beginning quilting class, on machine quilting. I didn’t bring a machine, we didn’t sew. It was strictly “my spiel” about how to prepare for quilting (your quilt, your machine, you) plus lots of tips and lots of samples.

For show and tell I brought the quilting sampler squares I’d made for the class I taught – lots of different battings, washed and not, ditto for fabric. quilted all of them, serged the edges and washed them all. I also brought my little test pieces that I’m always promoting people do, for warm up, for machine testing, for trying out new things.

I also brought a selection of quilts. Pat suggested a few of my more “modern” quilts – she thought they’d get a lot out of seeing my raw edge applique landscapes etc. I also brought a quilt I’d made in 1997. Very simple piecing – large squares of navy and black TONS of quilting in both yellow thread and black in the background. That quilt really has it all quilting wise.

Answered lots of questions and stressed that it’s all about practice. And more practice. Be as one with the machine grasshopper.

Went well.

OK Blogger, all is forgiven, since you didn’t really eat my long post before. You just chewed on it for awhile.

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