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Pat Sloans New Years Eve Giveaway!

I'm SLOWING quilting on "My Secret Garden"... why slow

Because I seem to be getting distracted with museum visits, eating and checking Facebook and my quilt group.. ha!

holy moley you are asking to see my OLD Crock pot... so here it is!

Vintage 1980.. seriously.. could our taste have been THAT BAD back then? Did I really think it was cute?  Mind you I didn't purchase this, it was a gift.. but STILL???

Are you ready to enter to win some New Year's Eve goodies?

• 2 Moda Charm Packs
• A Moda cupcake Needle case
• a Miss Rosie's pattern that uses charm packs
• my exlusive Radio show Earbuds
• a sampler of Aurifil threads!
• And some AUTHENTIC Margi Gras Beads I brought back from New Orleans on Saturday!

Tell me your Favorite dish to make in YOUR crock pot!

COMMENTS CLOSED!! Winner is

Karissa who said

"My favorite is so easy - corn on the cob! Throw some fresh husked corn on the cob standing on ends in there on low for two hours, and it's perfect!"

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Pat Sloan's New Year's Eve Jaunt....

I live in the best part of the country.. really.. I just love it here! Not 10 minutes from my house is the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. This is where the Space Shuttle "Discovery" now lives. The Shipping Dept and I jumped in the car about 4:30 and took a little Jaunt over to see it! (click here to read about the museum)

The museum was pretty packed tonight. Between Christmas and New Year's they stay open until 6:30. And the parking is free after 4:00pm everyday.  JUST incase you are around this time of year!

Doesn't our new space ship look fabulous?

Here she is up close.. those are the 'blanket' panels. This makes me think of a low contrast quilt. Each 'blanket' has weathered to unique colors.

Planes are on the ground and in the air. And you can walk that skywalk all around the top to look down on the planes, it's spectacular!

There is the shipping Department reading about that piece of plane sitting right in front of him.  The concord is behind him.  I LOVE the concord!! When I worked at Dulles Airport the concord flewn in right over our office building. Everything stopped and we'd run to the windows to look at it. It is such a beautiful plane.

This is the first time we've seen the restoration area that is now open to view! How cool is this.. when they are working you'll be able to watch.

My favorite 'new' thing besides the "Discovery" is this phone booth from the Kennedy Space Center! I'd love to make a call from it.

One more shot of our beautiful new space ship... I hope you'll come visit her one day.

Sharing the New Year's Eve sew along .. I'll be sewing on my "Secret Garden" again soon.. right after a shrimp snack.. yum yum!!  Join me at...

My Quilt Group CLICK HERE

My Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/PatSloanQuiltFun

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Pat Sloan One down.. next one in line ...

This is the first one to be finished for my quilt along!!

Lola's quilt... Lola is my 'doggie niece' ... I see her tomorrow!

Want to see how it went?

First some unsewing of the binding.. do you know how hard it is to unsew a blanket stitch? I just ran the seam ripper under a bunch of stitches.. FASTER that way!

The Top!

The back!

The middle.. LOL!

A mix of cotton and batiks, I love doing that!

A pretty shot on my front porch

and the back again!

Now onto the "Secret Garden" .. I love this quilt! I have no idea why it didn't get finished. Pattern is written and has sold a zillion copies, but I seemed to have rolled the quilt up and didn't realize I was not done!  (CLICK HERE for the pattern)

I have a lot of it quilted, there is border spaces and the black zig zag to do.

The hardest part will be finding a thread color that matches as I don't remember what color I was using! And I'm not sure I kept any of this fabric line for binding...mmm... I will cross that bridge when I get to it.

And another upclose... off to work on it!

Sharing this sew along at ....

My Quilt Group CLICK HERE

My Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/PatSloanQuiltFun

and find me at Twitter too! https://twitter.com/QuilterPatSloan

Pat Sloan Join my New Year's Eve Luau!

Here we go... New Years EVE!!!! 

Does this day excite you as much as it does me? I have ALWAYS looked forward to closing out the year and starting a new one! Sometimes my year is amazing and wonderful and I like to look back and celebrate it.... maybe by ordering a big bundle of fabric (wink!) Sometime it was not the best year ever and I just want that clock to hit midnight so I can close the year and open a new one.

What about  'resolutions' or goals? Do you set them?  To be honest I used to, but don't anymore.  I find it too stressful to have a major announcement of what I will do. That doesn't mean I don't have goals, they are  just not attached to the start of the year. 

Mostly today and tomorrow is a party! For the last 8 years or so I've hosted a VIRTUAL Quilt along right here on YOUR computer! I call it a Quilting Luaua because that's more fun to say than just a sew along.

What is it? I'm so glad you asked!

 

I invite you to sew along with me today and tomorrow... online!

• Grab a project to work ...
• Then you talk about it,
• share photos,
• and enourge/celebrate with all the other quilters doing the same today!

My projects are

• I am going to finish Lola's doggie quilt
• and then finish quilting my Secret Garden.. yes.. it is NOT DONE.. seriously what is wrong with me not finishing it?  But the next 2 days I will complete it. 

Now click over to my quilt group HERE and share what you are working on... or tell me on my Facebook page... show me a photo or link to it in your flickr folder.  The whole idea is to have fun today and tomorrow!

and there will be a prize or two from the 'Camp Sloanie' Prize closet. I will be looking around and selecting a few to giveaway. That will be posted  here as well as my progress.. so check back often!

My Quilt Group CLICK HERE

My Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/PatSloanQuiltFun

and find me at Twitter too! https://twitter.com/QuilterPatSloan

My radio show today is an encore from 3/19/12 with my guests Cyndi Walker, Sarah Vedeler, and Lissa Alexander!  This is a super fun show. It runs during the live time of 4pm to 5pm. Since it's recorded you can listen to it anytime you like... just scroll to the player after you CLICK HERE

These Holiday Giveaway posts are still open for comments...I pick winners tomorrow!

Sweetwater Snowman Kit CLICK HERE!

Carrie Nelsons new ruler and mystery box CLICK HERE!

Bunny Hill's ADORABLE kit CLICK HERE

Pat sloan on the road

We got home from New Orleans late last night ..what a fantastic trip! I want to show you my favorite photos and tell you about what I saw.
I hope to do that tonight when I get back. We are on the road heading out of town for the day.
And I plan to sew tonight...i will see how late i get home. Have a super day my sweets!

Walked all over...

We walked all over New Orleans today... including a great stop in the museum of southern art..incredible!
Tonight is music night... we have jazz tickets!