Pat Sloan's Blog

Pat Sloan: Specialty Ruler use, Barn Quilt, Quilting with Corduroy and Banners making on the Radio

I am totally excited to learn about the Documentary on Barn Quilts and the Quilt trail, it is very exciting stuff! We will be talking working with Corduroy, why speciality rulers and banner making for everyone! Be sure to CLICK HERE to catch up on my prior shows! Have you stopped in Loft Creations? The awesome Stephanie Dunphy always has some cheerful project, amazing design, or super cute thing I need to get! (oh.. did I say that?). She has a new book out called “Uncommonly Corduroy” and it's fantastic! I LOVE Corduroy and never really thought about using it... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Embrace the Winter, ice skating memories

did you ever have one image send you off on a wonderful trip down memory lane? I did a lot of ice skating one winter as a kid. We lived in Wiesbaden Germany and I was in elementary school. We didn't live on base, but we did everything else on base. The Von Steuben hotel had a bus over to one of the other towns, where that base had a ice rink The sign was not this fancy... but as a child it was a magical place, the ice rink! My brother and I would be dropped of at the... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Next Fabric Line SneakPeek

Are you having a FANTASTIC day?? I have a wee it of a Valentine for you.... a SNEAK PEEK at my next fabric line. Ready? It's called "One for you, One for me". Cottons and Batiks from Moda When designing this line it's all about the flowers (well I'm ALWAYS all about the flowers... ) so Valentines day seems a perfect day to give you a look at what will be in stores at the end of the summer. I added some Royal blue into my line... and creamy batiks... let's look at the flowers! My Beloved coneflowers...and look.. just... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Sometimes you just need to make a quilt

I think a lot of things when I see a quilt design. I think I love it, I think it's pretty, and sometime.. I think I REALLY need to apply MY fabric to that pattern and see how it looks. The latter is what happened when I spotted this pattern called "Movement in Squares". It is a free pattern found HERE. I was really curious about this quilt.. it has a super interesting layout... so I thought ... What would MY fabric picks and ideas look like made up into this quilt? What would any self respecting quilter do? I... Read more →

Pat Sloan: REVIEW OF Sew Red Glasses, Swatch Buddies and a new thread cutter

Hello there!! So excited to write this up to share with you. I've had several new products sent to me to take a look at. I am so grateful to manufacturer's for letting me try out their products. Then when I am out teaching, or chatting with you at my Quilt groups HERE and HERE.. I can let you know what I think! These are the products that just came in, the new Sew Red Glasses, Swatch Buddies and the newest thread cutter on a stand. Let's take a look! And guess what? I asked all 3 companies if they... Read more →