Pat Sloan's Blog

Pat Sloan: Carrie Bloomston and Christa Watson on my Podcast!

From sparking your inspiration to having that 'wow' moment that turns around your creative life, today is going to be full of creative energy. Carrie and Christa are both super high energy and positive forces, you are going to love this show! I first found out about Artist Carrie Bloomston's work when I saw her fabrics with Windham. They have a collage feel, like she ripped up the newspapers, painted them and then magicly turned them into quilt fabric.. wait.. I wonder if that IS what she did? I had spot with Carrie in her booth at the show and... Read more →

Pat Sloan: hello it's so nice to meet you

I have had the amazing opportunity to meet a lot of new people. Not in person, but here online. And when I say a lot, I mean thousands, and not 5,000 or 10,000 ...but over 200,000 new people in the last few years. These are new people I've never meet before. Many of you have joined my "Quilt with Pat Sloan" group at Facebook and many of you are new sign-ups for my email newsletter. So Let's get to know each other! Some of you didn't know me, but you found my quilt group via a search, a friend, or... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Make a Star Block ((The Giveaway))

It's time to get serious... to make some Scrap Happy Star Buster blocks! AND send one in to be put into Astronaut Karen Nyberg's quilt! (well maybe Quilts.. wink!) Lets get to the good stuff... I have a challenge... because nothing motivates like a deadline. If you make ONE Scrap Happy Star Buster block Put it in my Flickr Group then mail it off for Karen's quilt YOU are in the running to win THIS Layer Cake of my new fabric! I decided to make a blue and block block after the disussions on fabric the other day and I... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Fabric 101 - Garden Gnome Inspired

Fabric 101 is my ongoing series of Fabric Inspirations. Today is brought to you by the Garden Gnome. Yep... really! I was in Target in the garden section looking for something else entirely... when I noticed this army of aqua Garden Gnomes. I'm not a Gnome person, but the color of these glazed gnomes is amazing. It matches some pieces in my studio. It was a wee bit sad to see them all discounted with no home... i snapped a photo and didn't buy one.. but might STILL go back to get one.. thinking on this.. It's so fun to... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Rachael Gander, Jill Finley, Carolyn Friedlander, Roseann Kermes join me on my Podcast!

Sewing clothing, designing fabric, tips for quilt display and finds from the trade show.. all today! These quilt makers have a story to share. Listen in! As it happens sometimes, I was cruising the internet and found a tutorial from Imagine Gnats. From then on this is a spot i'll check in to see what Rachael is up to, what crafty goodness she has going on! Rachael's going to talk easy, fun projects craft and fabric projects and tell me a few tips for better clothing sewing. I personally want to hear how she came up with the covered swimming... Read more →