Pat Sloan's Blog

Pat Sloan: Little Ruby Sew Along Part 1

I love to learn new things, and having a project where I learn new things Plus having video directions.. and it's FREE?? yep... let's go see! This is the Little Ruby pinwheels Quilt, i so love it!! You can make it just like this or change it up with different fabrics like I am. There are also a 18 other designers making this so you can see a lot of different variations! Here are the starter items for my quilt. This needs 2 jelly rolls of prints and 2 of solids for the pinwheel hexagons. I used both my batik... Read more →

Pat Sloan Button Button .. who has the Buttons?

The Button Lovers' Club is now at Fat Quarter Shop! I have antique buttons, and some interesting buttons, but I never have ENOUGH in the right color or size! This new kit is super exciting as each month you will open a delicious box of adorable buttons in one colorway. The kit has 86 hand-dyed buttons in a variety of sizes and styles. The month's color is inspired by the season and these specialty buttons are hand-dyed in the USA by Just Another Button Company! What could be more fun? Well take a look........... I'm a sucker for a sneak... Read more →

Pat Sloan Let's Bee Crazy!

Help me out....When I get back from a trip I want to make something NEW! I've been looking at this adorable bee pattern for weeks and today I pulled fabric. The pattern has a 6" or 12" ... Which should I do? I have some MINI dots for a 6" BUY the DOWNLOAD HERE I think I'm going to stitch this up tonight... so let me know what you think about size! And now I'm pairing the Bee Creative Jelly roll with my batiks .... I am thinking of a Stitched Pattern of mine... because sewing new things is fun!... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Home Town Charm Sew Along 4 of 12

My Hometown Charm sew along is a unit every other week, .... I LOVE to make a quilts with others, to sew along and share as we go. It so great to see your versions of my designs!. AND it's motivating to know that we are sewing as a club.. fun fun fun! I am working us roughly across a row. We did the Orange peel block first, which was multiple blocks. Then we did the Churn Dash Star, followed by the basket blocks... onto the fun heart!! You can sew ahead, i know sometimes we get on a roll..... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Tales of my UFO Busting

On my drive home i'm thinking about what i want to accomplish this year for my projects that are not for my business. As i do still have quite a stack of those! This is an inventory i did...mmm.... let's just say I did it awhile ago Not much has changed. I may have sent one to be quilted... And I did get the binding on this one, but need to hand stitch the sleeve still Does that sound familiar to you... any of you...??? I want to declare ONE to get done soon... not giving a date.. just SOON... Read more →