Pat Sloan's Blog

Pat Sloan: SEW Happy... are you?

We fly home today, arriving at midnight is all goes as planned... keep good weather thoghts for me! I really hope you enjoyed the posts from market.. it's such fun to be able to share snippets of what is going on. I took LOTS more photos that I'll share coming up So with a fabric line called 'Bobbins and Bits" there has to be a name with SEW in it for one of my new patterns! Sew Happy is a splash of little baby sewing baskets.. adorable eh? I love them! This one is on the pattern cover. It was... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Totally inspired wanna go

There is a quilt show called HMQS, Home Machine Quilting Show, that has blow your socks off quilts. They highlight the quilting of the 3 layers, you know the QUILTING... not the Quilting.. LOL! Don't you love we use the SAME WORD for several parts? ok.. here is the real deal.. the quilting DOES take your top to another level when you approach it as designing the 'next level' on your piece. Karlee Porter, won third place in the Utah’s Own quilt category for her 'Shimmering Symphony quilt'. She quilted this on an HQ sit-down machine... which means you can... Read more →

Pat sloan from quilt market

Some photos from quilt market! Day two starts soon! Pat Sloan Read more →

Pat Sloan: MASSIVE Show and Tell

My friend Amy from "Amy's Creative Side" is running Blogger's Quilt Festival and today is the day to link up! I am hosting one of the giveaway slots.. yeah baby! Amy started this event so that people not going to the trade show would 'celebrate' the twice a year 'Quilt Market' when all the people in the quilt industry are at the trade show with their 'new' things! I interviewed Amy about this event on Oct 15, 2012 CLICK HERE to listen And this is my prize!! 8 pieces, 1/2 yard EACH of my Americana Fabrics A sampler of Aurifil... Read more →

Pat Sloan: So much better with a video AND a Giveaway!!

Sometimes it is JUST SO MUCH BETTER to watch someone explain or share. I have a video on my new fabric line... take a look! Click HERE to my whole YouTube Channel for more videos. Do you like watching videos? Leave me a comment telling me WHAT KIND you like to watch and when I return I'll send someone a package of my new Bobbins and Bits fabric line fabric stirps!! Videos that are less than 10 min Videos between 10 and 30 min Videos that are longer than 30 min single technique videos Sharing of a whole project Sew... Read more →