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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 newsprint here is so awesome!

Linda's blocks are beautiful and soft

And this one POPS!  

CLICK HERE for my interview with Allison and pick up the block.

Missed a block? They are in Each Interview.. click here for all of them.

CLICK HERE to the flickr group as there are more.. plus if you post YOUR blocks you might win a thread kit valued at over $120.00.. serious! JUST for making blocks!

INSIDER INFO... the 2014 Aurifil team is picked, thread and fabric has been sent to them, it's going to be an awesome team next year!  I'll spill the means in a few weeks.. so check back often!

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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 at SwimBikeQuilt. Katie is one of the co-authors of book 'Vintage Quilt Revival' and she hosts a great charity project each year for kids.

www.swimbikequilt.com

 

Doug Leko is the man behind Antler Quilt Designs. Doug grew up in a quilt shop and started his pattern business in 2008 when he was only 14 years old. I love his use of color and he creates innovative quilts that really keep your interest!

http://www.antlerquiltdesign.com

Annabel Wrigley is an author and owner of the Little Pincushion Studio in Warrenton VA. She loves to teach children to sew! I asked Annabel to join me again so we could go into more detail about the approach to teaching children. You can hear my first interview on June 17.

http://www.littlepincushionstudio.com/

Jennifer Keltner and Pat Sloan talk about the 'behind the scenes' making  of the magazines.

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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.

So for me I'm going on this journey of tightening up my style AND looking at the fabrics I'm working with.

If you have taken a workshop with me you know that I advocate using a tight color selection for many quilt. Many quilts we make can't use every fabric we own.. they would look a mess.

My newest fabric line Bobbins and Bits is a true picture of where I'm going. So I'm going to be refining my fabrics I buy to work into this (not exclusive.. hey.. I'm a quilter ya know!)

During the rest of this year I'll be writing Fabric Collecting 101 posts. NOT on a schedule.. but as I am building and discovering.. I'll be sharing this.

Would you like to play along and learn about YOUR fabric style? Yes? .. oh GOOD! This will be SO MUCH FUN! So think about it.... 

What is YOUR color STYLE?

Leave me a comment!

ps... CLICK HERE for my post yesterday and leave me a comment for a prize! 

CLICK HERE to see my Bobbin's and Bits Fabric.. which should be arriving in your stores SOON!

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