Pat Sloan's Blog

Pat Sloan: 2014 Aurifil Design team and prize winners

I am SUPER excited to announce the 2014 Aurifil Design team! Each year I work with an amazing group of designers to create a free block of the month. I'm the organizer and host for Aurifil Thread company. This coming year I be interviewing each designer and sharing their work with you! And I've invited a special guest, quilter Natalia Bonner. Each month Natalia is going to share a machine quilting tip and at the end, she is going to quilt the finished piece! THIS is exciting! 2014 is going to be a super exciting year, please give our design... Read more →

Pat Sloan: 12 UFO Buster Tips - Tip 10 "FAST Finishes"

What is this? It's an example of a FAST QUILT FINISH For most of my quilting life I have put thought into the quilting design. I have always considered that the quilting really enhanced the quilt and I want to add that additional layer of design to the piece. But sometimes you JUST NEED TO FINISH something... Like a baby quilt A Lap quilt Even a BED quilt So Let me share my "Fast Finish" quilting You are going to love it for things that just need to be done See that plaid? It's a minkee .. use any brand..... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Brambleberry Farm Sew Along Oct Block

To say I love candy corn is an understatement! I SERIOUSLY love it.. and Indian corn with the chocolate tops.. and those adorable little pumpkin corn candies! BUT I don't actually want to eat it.. except maybe the ones at Williams Sonoma right now they are sugared gummies and SO YUMMY! You have to get some.. I have to get some more.. umm.. get some candy corn to share... Candy Corn is the inspiration for the October block on my Brambleberry friends quilt! Do you love it?? I hope so!!! This will make an awesome single block to hang in... Read more →

Pat Sloan: On the Radio - Lindsay Wilkes, Leah Day and Marsha McCloskey

I love when I have a chance to interview a quilting rock star. Marsha McCloskey fills that bill for me! Plus a cool segment with Linday Wilkes on children's sewing and Leah Day chats blogging with me. Have you wanted to start one? Well now is the time! 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! I've followed Lindsay Wilkes for awhile now. She designs adorable children's clothing patterns and writes about those, quilting and cooking... Read more →

Pat Sloan: A Modern Bee Book tour

Lindsay Conner has been writing about crafts online for years now. I love how she promotes quilting and other crafts via several sites.. she has a passion for it all! When she asked if I'd like to review her book and be part of the book tour I was thrilled! You know I have been part of quilt bees since I started quilting. First in person, then on my internet groups and eventually in flickr and Facebook groups. Having a sense of friendship and bonding that a group of quilters gives me is part of my very being. I love... Read more →