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Pat Sloan - Season 3 American Patchwork & Quilting Radio - April 30, 2012

Guest - The first I knew of Emily Herrick's work was when her first fabric line came out called 'Going Coastal'. Well you know me..I love all things beachy so had to take a look! Emilys fabric line was so cheerful and delightful I had to add it to my collection. Excited today to have Emily on these show to talk about her fabric AND her new selfpublished book.. "Geared for Guys". Website http://crazyoldladiesquilts.blogspot.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Crazy-Old-Ladies/147895125239392 http://www.flickr.com/groups/crazyoldladies/ Guest - The ever delightful and oh so talented Sherri Falls joins me to chat Bag making! Her bag is on the cover of... Read more →

Basting with or wihout?

Basting the hexies in the car. I asked on facebook if people would leave the hex papers in when basting or take them out before they baste. My feeling was to leave them in because 1 : I am doing this in the car 2 : I am worried the edges of the hexies are too unstructured without the paper 3 : seems the paper might keep it flat while I stitch What would you do while basting hexies to the background while in the car? Pat Sloan Read more →

Road trip stops with Pat Sloan

On our second leg of the trip home with a stop at Tamarack. Have you been? The best.arts and.crafts people in west Virginia have their work for sale. I really love the circular building.. although for a 1996 building it looks more 70s style to me.. Lord of quilts and amazing wood and iron. Those lollipops were so cute in that stand .. food court was way too slow with a long line...so we ended up across the street at the travel center where I had the worst coffee .bleh! Oh well ...such is life on the road http://www.tamarackwv.com/ Pat... Read more →

Pat's heading out

After a fabulous four days of teaching and hanging out with quilters in Paducah ... we are on the drive home. Have you done much driving across the country? Coming from the city I am so used to being able to get stuff just about anywhere ... like a bottle of water .. coffee .. LUNCH! YES ...LUNCH in caps. It took us an hour to find some food once we headed out. Now I am messing around with hexie format..like? Pat Sloan Read more →

Kiss me goodnight

Today I taught my "kiss me goodnight " blocks from trash and orphan blocks My class had a blast and wildly sewed and cut and sewed again! Now I waved goodbye to KY for this year and heading home Pat Sloan Read more →