Pat Sloan's Blog

Pat Sloan: Wendy Sheppard, Bruce Magidson and Jacquelynne Steves chat with Pat

Error: Please contact the site admin. ITUNES subscription available - CLICK HERE To subscribe Wendy Sheppard is the designer at Ivory Springs. You have seen her clever and beautiful designs in magazines, showcasing fabric lines for fabric companies and in her own patterns. Now she has a wonderful book called 'Recreating Antique Quilts'. Our shared love of using antiques for inspiration is one of the things we'll explore today! Website http://www.ivoryspring.wordpress.com Free pattern - http://ivoryspring.wordpress.com/2013/11/05/free-pattern-movement-in-squares/ Diane and Bruce Magidson co-founded SewBatik in 2004, and we have never been the same! Bruce is the designer of the batiks they sell, and... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Random NY photos

Here are some Random NY photos from the last few days! I was teaching at 'Quilting around Chautauqua' ... and I had a chance to meet a LOT of you! This event is workshops, vendors and a quilt show spread all around the Chautauqua Institute grounds. This totally adorable building is a set of rooms form the 'Sisters'. Two ladies who have been sharing their quilts and friends quilts in adorable room settings. Imagine my surprise when I walked in to find a whole room by my friend Sue Papalia!! Her theme was 'Somewhere over the Rainbow'.. adorable .. i... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Featured Friend Sherri Falls

Sherri Falls of thisandthatpatterns.com is so incredibly talented. Her quilt patterns speak to a wide variety of quiltmakers. PLUS she is the nicest and kindest friend on earth. I sure wish we lived closer to each other! Listen to my chat with Sherri on 4/30/12 and 7/4/11 CLICK HERE I always have to find Sherri at the shows for a BIG HUG!! And to see all the super duper cute things she has designed. I cant get enough of her! I love this quilt because it reminds me of playing with home made dolly clothes when I was little and... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Featured Friend Sherri McConnell

When you see some people's quilts you just want to see more and more. I feel that way about my friend Sherri McConnell. I love the fabrics she puts together, and i wish she posted quilts and parts of quilts multiple times a day.. can you see her rolling her eyes now? Plus Sherri's site has THE perfect name "A Quilting Life" Listen to my chat with Sherri on 1/14/13 CLICK HERE Although I have many favorite quilts, this one is the one I'm sharing because my great great grandmother made a similar quilt in Iowa in the 1930's. While... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Featured Friend Barb and Mary of Me and My Sister

My featured friends today are Barb Groves and Mary Jacobson are the sisters of "Me and My Sister" and I love them dearly! One show I was at working in a booth, and they also had a booth.. we started chatting and decided we all had to have dinner together, this was AFTER Mary had already decided she was not leaving her room. We hired a cab to drive us 2 blocks to the restaurant, AND then take us back! I had so much fun getting to know them and when we all taught in South Africa it was a... Read more →