Pat Sloan's Blog

Pat Sloan: Fabric Chatter

My Favorite thing in the whole world to do is try out fabric combos... it makes me so happy to see what fabric does when you put it next to each other! My very talented friend Jane at QuiltJane designed an awesome Nested Churndash pattern. She knows the Churndash is my favorite block of ALL TIME ... really of ALL TIME. I have one in my official first quilt sampler and I've been in love with it ever since. Jane is going to host a Sew Along and asked a group of us to join her, SO EXCITED! So let's... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Tool Talk!

Do you have some cool quilt tools that are usually something else? Read on and be sure to leave me a comment at the end! Let's start with something simple. Like a Tin. An adorable tin... as you can't use just ANY tin for you quilting can you? This cutie pie tin came filled with Valentine sweets from my best buddie Pam Kitty Morning... she does find the BEST things EVER (be sure to read her BLOG) This little tool came from my friend Stevii Graves. We were at our sewing group and she pulled it out of her bag... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Spring Quilt Market 2014 a few more

And a few more photos from Quilt Market! I was over the MOON to be able to meet the talented Jen Kingwell from Australia. She is so sweet and down to earth.. and I am ADDICTED to her designs.... crazy use of fabric she has! And guess what? i THINK she knew who I was ... swoon! http://jenkingwelldesigns.blogspot.com/ Ever since I saw Katarina's designs I've been smitten.. and meeting her in person was just THE BEST . She is as adorable as she looks and her wonderful husband came with her. This was their first trip to America and they... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Sew Along - Never Enough Chocolate A Top

I was really curious what the Aqua and Red blocks would look like and the best way to find out? Finish that top! So when I got back from the trade show I started to sew 10 minutes a day and get the middle done... What inner border should I use? I asked YOU... and got about a 50/50 response.. So I used the Tone on Tone and I'll bind in the polka dot. So what about that Blue/White option? Here are the blocks. I really want this to be larger. I'm making it for one of the men folk... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Missie Carpenter, Joan Ford, Amanda Murphy and Roseann Kermes join me!

For Memorial Day we are running an encore of this fantastic show! CLICK HERE to my player and scroll back to June 10, 2013 I was delighted to meet Missie Carpenter of Hallbrook Designs earlier this year. She makes incredible appliqué and english paper pieced quilts using warm inviting colorways with lots of tans, browns, reds and blacks. Her workmanship is beautiful and I am excited to have her here today to talk about how she creates! http://www.hallbrookdesigns.blogspot.com/ I can't get enough knowledge about how people work with fabric scraps. Joan Ford is the author of 2 scrap quilt books... Read more →