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Pat Sloan - Season 3 American Patchwork & Quilting Radio - Feb 27, 2012

Guest -I can recognize a Laura Wasilowski quilt from across the room. The intense and usually bright colors, the playful shapes, and the incredible attention to detail. Laura is an award winning quilter and one of the founders of the 'The Chicago School of Fusing' and I'm delighted to have her on the show today http://www.artfabrik.com/index.html http://artfabrik.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/Artfabrik Guest - Field Trips in Fiber says it all about my friend Vicki Welsh. She is an avid quilter, blogger and textile dyer and she has a huge following who love to see her 'take' on things!. BLog: http://vickiwelsh.typepad.com/field_trips_in_fiber/ Etsy Fabric Shop:... Read more →

Pat Sloan -Girls in the Garden Blog Hop Day 2!

Day 2 of my "Girls in the Garden" Blog hop and Heather of Olive and Ollie is working some 'modern' magic with my patterns. I have been excited to watch Heather explore her quilting as she has taken each and every quilt just another step further into the land of extroidinary! She entered the modern quilt guild challenge last year and won and won and won! Let's learn some FUN FACTS about Heather ! If you were a salad, what kind of dressing would you want poured all over you? - If I were a salad, I would want the... Read more →

Pat Sloan -Girls in the Garden Blog Hop!

To say I'm excited is the understatement of the year! I asked Five friends to take my "Girls in the Garden" patterns and make their favorite pattern in 'their style fabrics". And it's a SECRET so I won't see their quilt until I CLICK THE LINK BELOW! plus later this week I'll share how I designed the Girls in the Garden! ***************************** What to do? Each day visit the guest blogger and leave a comment to be in the running to win your favorite of the patterns! Each day leave me a comment here to be in the running to... Read more →

Pat Sloan - Season 3 American Patchwork & Quilting Radio - Feb 20, 2012

Guest - If you have been listening to my shows or have been to my presentations, you know I am passionate about quilts and antique quilts are my inspiration. I've been a huge fan of Shelly Zegart for years. Shelly is a renowned quilt collector, curator, author and lecturer on both antique and contemporary quilts. Her love of American quilts began in the mid-1970s when she was inspired to hang quilts with other art on the walls of her newly built contemporary home. Today I have we have the pleasure of getting to know Shelly and learn about her background... Read more →

Pat Sloan - What a difference a year makes

Last December in a moment of insanity (I seem to have a lot of those) I started my buddy Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt "Roll Roll Cotton Boll" We even have a support encouragement group at my online quilters site Some of us... ummmm... me.... changed the pattern a bit in the hopes that we'd finish it in our lifetime.. or at least by the time it comes out in her next book (which ever comes first). The pattern is no longer on her site, watch for the next book! I set myself a goal to give it as a gift,... Read more →