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Pat Sloan On How to Tame Binding-A Tutorial Plus Show and Tell Thursday!

In the category of 'Walk the Walk' and 'Talk the Talk' ... I too am busting UFOs in 2013. My True Confession can be read here, as well as prior tips, because I know you don't BELEIVE I actually HAVE any UFOs... snort! At my Online group the UFO chatter and support and working on UFOs has been GREAT! There I shared that I was finally going to finish 'A Secret Garden'. So here it is... sleeve on, binding cut and rolled ready to go, and the walking foot in the ready to be installed. Then I realized I may... Read more →

Pat Sloan best laid plans

Sometimes your best laid out plans, the plans that are even in concrete, just don't happen. Yesterday I had a zillion best laid plans organized. They are even written down on my 300 lists I keep (hey I LIKE lists!). But do you know what happened? The sun came out It was 60 degrees when we walked to the gym.. 60... yes 60!!! That is fricken' beautiful for the end of January in Virginia Then I went outside.... oh baby.. was it nice. I sat in the sun, then I went and had my hair done, walked the street a... Read more →

Pat Sloan Tradition bumped up, Precuts and the importance of our story

Guest - Author, Designer Rebecca Silbaugh loves fabric and loves quilting. She has a new book out on creating quilts with precuts that is sure to excite you have have you grabbing a jelly roll or layer cake off your shelf to make a quilt! http://www.rubybluequilts.blogspot.com https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Ruby-Blue-Quilting-Studio/302670990934 Buy Rebecca's book at my Amazon Link CLICK HERE Guests- Authors Andrea Johnson and Kelly Biscopink have co-written "Modern Designs for Classic Quilts" from Krause. Their sharee a passion for historic quilt patterns lead them to designing together. I'm excited to hear about their book and learn what the design process is like... Read more →

Pat Sloan Starts and More

Let's start with the "more".. shall we? These are my TOPS listed yesterday, even the ones I don't plan to keep. As I needed my studio floor back so they are in here waiting their turn. The 'almost done' Secret Garden lays on the top calling to me to work on it.. which I did last night! Yesterday Grace had an excellent question in the comments. She wanted to know "why can't I have a top that I never finish" Well you certainly CAN! If a top is all the further you take a quilt, and that makes you happy,... Read more →

Pat Sloan 12 UFO Busting Tips - true confessions

Start at the Beginning.. True Confessions... I counted MY UFO projects... CLICK HERE FOR TIP #1 directions Basted/quilting 1.A Secret Garden Tops 1.Over the Moon 2.Let's be Scrap Happy 3.Aurifil 2012 quilt 4.Bunny Hill 5.Seaside Applique Quilt 6.EYFV quilt blocks in a top - blue/yellow 7.5 o'clock somewhere 8.flower blocks 9.Frogs in the pond 10.Pimitive Blackbird design 4 block – mustard color 11.BOM with Jackie K. 12.jelly roll race in my EYFV 13.Patriotic baskets 14.Big Hexagons – navy 15.batik signature Quilt 16.Lavender Vintage blocks 17.Charm square small quilt – use as a backing 18.Stocking Quilt 19. Jelly roll race in... Read more →