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Pat Sloan: Kathy Sheldon, Nancy Mahoney, Roseann Kermes, and Beth Huntington Chat with Pat

Error: Please contact the site admin. ITUNES subscription available - CLICK HERE To subscribe Kathy Sheldon and Amanda Carestio have a new book out called Felt-o-ween and it's adorable! Kathy is joining me today to talk about her books on felt and using felt, it's instant gratification! She has worked in the craft publishing business for 15 years and both authored and edited a number of sewing books. Amanda and Kathy have written an entire series featuring felt - Fa la la la Felt, Heart-Felt Holidays, Felt-o-ween, and we are finishing up a new Christmas book, a followup to Fa... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Stitched - the Fall Version

What happens when fall arrives, you have a very tight deadline, and you feel the need to whip up a little something to keep your sanity? I reach for my 'Go-To' pattern 'Stitched'. Stitched is Jelly Roll friendly, AND scrap friendly! I dug into my bin of 2.5" square for all the orange and black squares I could find. Then I pulled the Moda Dottie out And you ready... I am IN LOVE with Fall! You too can create a 'Fall Stitched' to accent any spot in your home! I used the crib size and made just 3 sections. I... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Globetrotting my FREE Block of the month - Your Quilts!

The Globetrotting quilt tops are POURING in at my Quilt with Pat Sloan Facebook group! The incredible quilts that you are making are incredible and I'm so excited to see your versions! What fascinates me most about quilts is how different the same quilt will look when you change the fabric. From planed to super scrappy.. they are all winners! BUT.. one person.. on Dec 1, 2014 will win a BUNDLE Of my fabric AND Aurifil thread.. just for sharing their quilt top in the FreeQuiltPatterns.info FLICK GROUP HERE.. so you need to load those photos up! Let's take a... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Fabric 101 balancing color

It's the point in time during a BOM that I look at the fabrics and see where I want to go with the colors. So here is a Fabric 101 lesson from me. For the first six blocks in the Sugar Block Club I used a lot of the mustard yellow... because I TOTALLY adore that Moda Bella Solid. I've loved yellow since.. well as far back as I can remember. Next to Red it's a 'LOVE" color for me! But the blocks were looking a bit heavy. I want to lighten up the mix so for this block I... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Life with Pat - Random thoughts

I am having such a GREAT time traveling around visiting you where you live and sew. I'm seeing small towns, medium towns, and super busy and energetic places (can't argue that driving around Manhatten is energetic!). Here are a few of the quilt background done in my Wild and Free workshop on Long Island. Have I visited you yet? GO to my EVENT PAGE to fill out a request, I'd love to see you! I had to ask.. do I say I was ON Long Island or AT Long Island. It's ON ... (i have to learn to talk like... Read more →