Pat Sloan's Blog

Pat Sloan: Quilts with fewer fabrics, Wood blocks, Applique and Quilting changes everything

Kathy Brown is going to chat about Quilts with fewer fabrics, Gina Reddin on Wood blocks, Patti Connor on her love of Applique and the American Patchwork & Quilting Editors on How Quilting changes everything Be sure to CLICK HERE to catch up on my prior shows! Kathy Brown from Teacher's Pet is so full of fantastic quilt ideas! From patterns, to books to rulers to that get the job done, Kathy is always creating. Today we are going to talk about her books, her fun rulers and she has some super quilting tips to share. www.the-teachers-pet.com Gina Reddin is... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Scrap Happy Sew Along

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies So I got to thinking.... we have scraps... we ALL have scraps. I'm cutting mine into 2", 2.5", 3.5" and 5". Plus 2.5" x WOF strips. That means my leftover layer cake (four 5" sq), my leftover charm pack squares, and my extra jelly roll strips are added to what I'm cutting from my smaller bits and pieces in my stash. Looking around my studio I spotted a partial charm pack and thought... what if each month I make up a small quilt. Maybe it becomes a bigger quilt, maybe not. But each month... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Quilt the Letter P with me!

Letters in quilts are just about the BEST THING EVER.. and if they make a word... woo hooo... knock me over with a feather! When Moda selected the Alphabet for our blog hop I was SO EXCITED!!! My letter is.... "P" ... yeah!!! I LOVE my letter.. love love love it! I got a WEE BIT SILLY at the presentation in October... watch the video.. I start at 32:03, right after Jan Patek.. remember I said I got SILLY... wink! I'm going to have even MORE fun with my letter "P".. a few more of my thoughts ..... Something I'm... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Free Pieced Alphabet from Moda!

The amazing people at Moda fabric are full of creative ideas... To the Free Alphabet blog hop going on right now! I want to share a few of the photos my designer buddies shared .. you need to visit EACH BLOG on the hop to pick up the pattern for the letter, and to sign up for giveaways! This is a free pattern for a full quilt layout from Sandy Klop, she is so creative! CLICK HERE Bonnie of Cotton way designed this adorable star inside the C for Camille! Isn't it adorable? I want a whole quilt of "C"s... Read more →

Pat Sloan: So what exactly IS a Quilting Cruise?

Many people have never been on a Cruise, let alone a 'Quilting Cruise'. But they are interested and ask me all all kinds of questions about the cruises. I have a topic on the right side bar called 'Quilt Cruise' so you can find this again! A Quilt Cruise is a very casual retreat environment and loads of fun! CLICK HERE for info on the current Moda QUILT CRUISE! I've taught on many cruises (including teaching on the first cruise I was ever on!). They all work about the same. This is a way to do some easy quilting, be... Read more →