Pat Sloan's Blog

Pat Sloan: Life with Pat - food talk

I am addicted to food blogs, recipes and pinterest boards loaded with good stuff to eat. I read and ... ummm .... drool might be the right word! The other day I saw this article and just have to share it with you A owner of a very expensive restaurant decided to treat a group of 2nd graders to his fancy 7 course meal. He hired a really good video person to film the dinner and then the magic happend! He tells you that he never was exposed to different foods as a child, he grew up in the country... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Awesome New Look for the Podcast page

The incredible team at American Patchwork & Quilting magazine have been working to build a new Podcast page for me! Here is the BIG reveal.. I'm SO EXCITED! Let's take a look ========================================================== When you go to the site on the top right is a tab that drops down and it says 'Magazine & More' Under that is 'Quilting Podcast'.. click it to the page above. You can listen to my welcome message HERE Click at the bottom of the 'Past Shows' column and you go to a show page ========================================================== ========================================================== We now have a great list of all... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Class Review Finishing School: Edges & Bindings

I am very excited to be working with Craftsy to review the quilt classes for you! I'm passionate about learning new quilt techniques and fine tuning what I already know. Today the class I am reviewing is on a topic that every quilter wants to do better... BINDINGS! This class is given by my good friend and amazing quiltmaker Mimi Dietrich! Let's get to it! Mimi is an author, award winning quiltmaker, and has been quilting since 1975 when she made her first quilt for her new baby. Mimi was the VERY FIRST National teacher I heard give a talk... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Free Guitar Pattern

Have you wanted to make a Guitar Quilt? Years ago I designed this fun applique quilt for P&B.. I love it!! Download Pat sloan guitar PBTex_BEBO Don't know how to applique? GO HERE for a FREE Tutorial! Do you love this type of quilt? Let me know in the comments! post continues below ad Read more →

Pat Sloan: My New Patterns for The Sweet Life

Here is a behind the scenes of my day! Getting the quilt photos for my new patterns with my next Moda fabric line 'The Sweet Life'. It is SUPER dark and dreary last few days... with rain Lots... of... rain. Which means it's more difficult to take adorable photos. I couldn't wait for a nicer day... so here you go.. Moda puts out an amazing catalog of our designs for the shops. You can go to this page at Moda and put my name in the search to see everything here is another page from the book... This line works... Read more →