Pat Sloan's Blog

Pat Sloan on the Road in Vermont

I loved having a spot in the show to hand a quilt! This is my Whig Rose from "Take the Fear out of Color" And Bonnie Hunter with her TINY Pineapple blocks.. Amazing! It was wonderful to be able to teach a 2 day workshop here. My Wild and Free with the 2nd day was the machine applique so the class could continue on with the same quilt. They loved it! At the end of class I had to move to a new classroom. Then it was my chance to go see the quilts in the show.. yeah!!! Although this... Read more →

Pat Sloan It's a Vermont kind of day

After class yesterday the Vermnt Quilt show's opening ceremony was very nice. All the ribbon winner were recoginzed. then they did a presentation of all the Youth quilters. Young people that had made and entered quilts in the show. This segment was presented by Janome sewing machines and Dave Lavalley from Bittersweet Quilt shop in Boscowen NH. I missed getting the name of the man from Janome. He had an amazing story. They have been sponsoring this youth cateory for awhile. His mother just passed away, and she asked him to continue this award as she loves it and she... Read more →

Pat Sloan Quilt A Long at the Learning center - Block 4

Here is is!! Block 4 of our Easy Peasy Summer Breezy Quilt Along at the learning center! I named this one "Jump in the Pool"... it was SUCH FUN to give the blocks summer names! A family photo I'm working to balance the lighter yellows and the yellow with the cherries. Will sprinkle that into a few more blocks. The orange Green block featuring ..... a Summer Tomato! The balance on this block is between the green and the leaf I will want a pleasing balance so that the quilt is not too heavy one way or the other. And... Read more →

Pat Sloan Rocks Vermont!

My Home away from home the next 4 days.. THE Vermont Quilt Festival Be still my heart.. the mecca of northern quilt shows.. and I'm HERE and I'm TEACHING... woot! On the way up I stitched a sleeve and new label on my quilt that will hang in Teacher row... you can do a lot on a 11 hour drive but you know what? I REALLY don't like to stitch in the morning... YAWN... BORING BORING BORING so it took me a long time as every 20 minutes I'd get on the internet and check on my FACEBOOK FRIENDS HERE... Read more →

Pat Sloan will I see you in Vermont?

Today I'm heading up to Vermont to the Vermont Quilt Festival! By the time you read this I should be on the road.. the Shipping Department/Moto pool/Van Driver is at the helm and I'm all packed and ready to teach for 4 days!! PLUS I have a presentation Saturday night.. and I hear your admission includes a door prize ticket.. fun eh? I have my trusty Namaste purse with me, in 'Eggplant' now. Do you remember that I used to have a lime green one? I wore it out! When you come to my workshops you'll see these "Oh Snap"... Read more →