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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, and you have no desire to do anything else with it, or guilt about it.. then go for it!!

There are NO RULES here. And what I share is how I work, if it speaks to you then SUPER!! I'm happy to help!

LOADS of UFO chatter at my Online group CLICK HERE to join us!

Now onto the starts..

I'm using my Eat Your Fruits n' Veggies' fabric for the Aurifil BOM this year!

Erin's block is awesome...

Jumping Jack Flash meet Fruits N' Veggies

Cool...

Click here for the block And CLICK HERE to see where to buy my fabric line!

I joined Amy Gibson's Stitchery Dickory Dock "Sugar Block Club"!

I have this set of Tapestry fabric from Moda that I really like. I've not worked in these soft colors lately and they were speaking to me. Plus I love a bit of a challenge. Layer cake + a bit of yardage.. and a mystery..

Can you do that?

Let's see some of the colors in this baby

ps - CLICK HERE and scroll past the guest name to the "Disco Player". Listen to my interview with Amy on Jan 7, 2013!

Red

Taupe Grey

Cream

Peach

Or maybe Auqa

Taupe Grey

Green

Peach

Cream

I decided to leave out the red and go with the softer quieter fabrics.  The peach yardage will be used as my 'background'

Now just to be sure... since I love it so.. I decided I NEEDED that luscious Aqua in the large floral for the border (yes I DID order it... hello mailman bring it to mama!!)

What are you doing this weekend?

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 Blue fabrics

Tops at Cindy's
1.Lucy's Crab shack fabric,
2. Mom's quilt...pink and yellow
3.A whacky log cabin with made fabric inner borders and a black border with BIG leaves
4.Baskets with stripe handles
5.pink and lime green quilt with border fabric with big pink flowers - SL block swap
6.quilt with words in 30's fabrics.

In Progress - Samplers
1.EYFV 2013 Aurifil Blocks – my fabrics plus white or my tonal
EYFV quilt blocks from Quilt Gallery red/white
EYFV quilt blocks from Quilt Gallery green/orange
2.Farmer Mistress
Add Sugar Blocks – same as Farmer Mistress block fabrics
3.Grey Antique dresden plates
COMBINE grey and yellow craftsy blocks – plus some.. put the pieced blocks around the center
4.Dear Jane + Alphabet
5.wool round robin
6.Halloween crooked cabins – studio
7.crop circles
8.Reproduction blocks on BLACK from simple stitches  hand appliqué
9.red/white baskets 
10.OP quilt – needs flowers 
11.Na-Na's Peppermints
12.rabbit round robin
13.easter blocks
14.Lifesaver Dresdens
15.Stripe and dot table runner
16.Cross stitch

This seems to be 42 lovely project that have been started.

I know a few of you (yes you Sharon) are calling me a light weight..

I'll take it.. as 2 yrs ago there were more!

Let me show you what this sorting can do for you.

Group A - Almost done - now list them in order of importance

here is mine(If I can do it YOU can do it!)

1. A Secret Garden
2. Seaside Applique Quilt
3. Over the Moon
4. Let's be Scrap Happy
5. Aurifil 2012 quilt
6. Bunny Hill
7. jelly roll race in my EYFV
8. BOM with Jackie K.
9. Patriotic baskets
10. Pimitive Blackbird desi
11. EYFV quilt blocks in a top - blue/yellow
12. 5 o'clock somewhere
13. stocking Quilt
14. jelly roll race in Blue fabric
15. at longarmers - Lucy's Crab shack fabric
16. at longarmers -Mom's quilt...pink and yellow
17. at longarmers -whacky log cabin with made fabric inner borders and a black border with BIG leaves
18. at longarmers -Baskets with stripe handles
19. at longarmers -pink and lime green quilt with border fabric with big pink flowers - SL block swap
20. at longarmers -quilt with words in 30's fabrics.

 Group B – Almost done but ...

From your list above I bet there are some you REALLY don't want to finish. And you don't see giving them to someone, or even doing them 'yourself' for charity. The BIG Point here is.... you do NOT NEED to finish everything you started.

If you no longer love it...give it away, sell it, but do not keep it

I'm walking the walk and talking the talk.. I think this group is going to go

1. flower blocks
2. Frogs in the pond
3. large  4 block – mustard color
4. batik signature Quilt
5. Lavender Vintage blocks
6. Charm square small quilt – use as a backing

 Group C – Patially done AND I LOVE the project and WANT to finish it

The photo above is of my tops. I have gone through them MANY times and right now I THINK I want them all. But the longer I do not quilt them... the more chance I'll have out grown them.

Now list your Partially done.. And put them in order of importance

here is mine(If I can do it YOU can do it!)

In Progress - Samplers
1.EYFV 2013 Aurifil Blocks – my fabrics plus white or my tonal
EYFV quilt blocks from Quilt Gallery red/white
EYFV quilt blocks from Quilt Gallery green/orange
2.Farmer Mistress
Add Sugar Blocks – same as Farmer Mistress block fabrics
3.Grey Antique dresden plates
COMBINE grey and yellow craftsy blocks – plus some.. put the pieced blocks around the center
4.Dear Jane + Alphabet
5.wool round robin
6.Halloween crooked cabins – studio
7.crop circles
8.Reproduction blocks on BLACK from simple stitches  hand appliqué
9.red/white baskets 
10.OP quilt – needs flowers 
11.Na-Na's Peppermints
12.rabbit round robin
13.easter blocks
14.Lifesaver Dresdens
15.Stripe and dot table runner
16.Cross stitch

Group D – Partially done but....

From your list above take out the projects that you really have outgrown, that you never liked that much, that are giving you Guilt.

I am working on what to move here... hey.. I'm human!

Group E – Barely started

And the last group for you to sort is this one, the ones you have BARELY started. I have those too... they are way down on my list (but I'll share in future posts!)

Now Take a GOOD... HARD... RUTHLESS look at your list

and be sure what you leave in the LOVE piles are projects you want to continue

Need support?

Join me HERE at the Quilt Forum where we can all hold hands

Shead tears for old projects

And give support for getting rid of DEAD WEIGHT

Post photos to share at our flickr group

Chat on Facebook.

I'm here for you!

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Can you do it? I KNOW you can because I have!

What did you learn so far this month, tell me in the comments!

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Pat Sloan What to do with it.. what will you do?

My first line of fabric with Moda, "Eat your Fruits n' Veggies", arrived in your quilt shops at the end of November. Right about the time you started doing all your holiday shopping. Now that we are all back to our regular quilting schedule (you are ... right? ... ok good!)... I thought this would be a great day to share with you some of the projects I've made with my fabric collection!

Meet "Orchard Park".  I had every intention of taking this outside to photograph in the snow. Because it's our first snow yesterday, and I thought it would look super cool in the snow! BUT.. it's 18 and blustering.. windy beyond windy.  So today's photoshoot is in my living room.

This version is in my green and yellow from the fabric line. The free pattern (keep reading) is shown in 3 colorways, because that's how I roll! OPTIONS baby, love OPTIONS! 

The pattern celebrates my LOVE Of the HST.. serious love... This is the BEST quilt to use to embrace the HST like I do... A HST makes your heart sing!  (indulge me here)

And a verison in Red!

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CLICK HERE to Download MY FREE PATTERN Pat Sloan Orchard Park

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Jelly Roll Race Quilt, I still need a border

Click here for my post on this CLICK HERE for a Jelly Roll!

I went all out and designed Nine patterns using my fabric, yes NINE!

You can make single ADORABLE quilts or put them all together to make up "Red Apple Lane". 

I am hosting a sew along for these nine quilts. Many have made the center apple tree and are now working on the canning jars. CLICK HERE to for sew along posts.

CLICK HERE to buy all 9 from me or scroll down the page for locations that are selling the patterns together, as kits, or as single patterns.

 

I made up a "Checker Board Deluxe" Medallion quilt in my fabrics from my Medallion book! What do you think? I think it is a super summer quilt... can we go on a picnic now... pretty please?

CLICK HERE to buy my Medallion book.

the sampler.. in 3 color ways .. well just ONE is a finished top

CLICK HERE for the patterns.

And my Aurifil thread works perfect with my fabric!

CLICK HERE to buy the Large spools or small spools

The great folks at "Cottage Mama" made this top with a charm pack and white fabric

... see her tutorial HERE!

CLICK HERE to buy my thread packages.

CLICK HERE to buy Jelly rolls and charms in my store.

CLICK HERE for a partial list of online shops carrying yardage and kits!

on the RIGHT is a category tab called "MY FABRIC LINES". Whenever I post about my fabric I mark it for that category.  Click there anytime!

Is your shop carrying my fabric online? email me the website if it is missing from the list at my fabric page!

It's Friday... Let's get making something!