Pat Sloan's Blog

Pat Sloan: October Aurifil Block of the Month

I am doing SO WELL keeping up with the Aurifil Block of the Months.. ha! I should since I'm hosting it.. right? Let's see what I did this month Here we are ... "Stairway to Heaven" by Allison Harris.. so loved interviewing her! My family so far... I will really be looking at these for 'weight' of the colors when I do my last 2 blocks. I have a few with lots of lights.. and a few that are pretty dark. So the last two block colors will be important. Here are some other families from the flickr group! The... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Charity quilting, starting young, teaching kids, and behind the scenes

I love my chat with Katie about charity quilts. She is doing an amazing job! Doug is going to talk about what it was like to grow up in a quilt shop.. and love it so much he is a designer. Annabel returns to talk more indepth about teaching children to sew, and Jennifer tells me all about how a magazine is put together! Be sure to CLICK HERE to catch up on my prior shows! Just scroll PAST the show description until you hit the "Disco Ball". Once that comes in the player is there! Designer Katie Blakesley writes... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Fabric Collecting 101 part 1

Sometimes we need to rethink how we collect. Right now I'm in the process of not only working on creating a TIGHT style (read my post yesterday).. but also working on my fabric collection. What really brought me around to this is making the quilts for my next book. My next book is going to be much different than ones before in it's look and feel. I'm SUPER excited about that! It's made me think.. and think deep ... on the fabrics I own. My home is small. My studio space is small. Which means I need to collect SMART.... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Designing organic fabric, embroidery, Homespun quilts and free motion quilting all today!

Be sure to CLICK HERE to catch up on my prior shows! Just scroll PAST the show description until you hit the "Disco Ball". Once that comes in the player is there! If you have questions for my guests put it in the comments! Here is what you can look forward to on my show today! I was immediately drawn to the fabric designs of Alyssa Thomas of Penguin & Fish. They have adorable tiny animals and other whimsical bits. The I found out she also loves to embroider and has a delightful book called "Sew & Stitch Embroidery". Alyssa... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Sew Along September Moonflowers

Is there a flower that is a huge mystery to you? When I was designing Brambleberry friends I ran across "moonflowers". So excotic and beautiful But how do I capture them for my quilt? after a bit of sketching I came up with this! and look at the quilting JoAnn Hoffman did for me... awesome eh? The whole quilt! CLICK HERE for my FREE TUTORIAL on how to do Fusible Applique CLICK HERE to add your blocks to my Flickr Pool! There are some dragonfly blocks there already! CLICK HERE if you need the book, I'll sign it! post continues... Read more →