Advanced AutoPilot

Join Shirt Off Your Back Quilts and international longarm quilting and digitizing teacher, Susan W
Smith, in exploring the intriguing possibilities offered with Innova’s AutoPilot Mach 3 software.
Focusing on actual applications in quilting projects, Susan will share many tips, tricks and
timesavers in 2 days of hands-on classes on Saturday August 17th from 9-4 and Sunday August 18th from 10-3.
Using small projects that you can do on your own machine, Susan will demonstrate the wonderful
functions and tools in Innova’s software to customize your quilting and the different ways to
accomplish the desired results. Susan will help you select the best tools for your project!
You can recreate these small quilt projects or use the techniques discussed on your own quilts.

Susan has taught a variety of classes on quilting related software in private classes, quilt shows, and
conferences. As she wanted to digitize patterns for her classes, she became interested in digitizing
and is an Art and Stitch certified teacher. Susan’s background in the areas of quilting, education,
training, technology, management and organization development results from over 30 years working
in various occupations as an United States Naval officer, credentialed library media teacher, mentor
teacher / technology mentor, reference librarian, longarm quilter and quilt teacher. She loves
learning new things and sharing them with others!