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Block #4 ... Pat Sloan FREE Bom The Children's Library FREE pattern

Block 4 of my 2017 Mystery Block of the Month is inspired by MY favorite book of ALL time.. a great addition to our 'Children's Library' Say hello to Alice, Alice in Wonderland. The magical book that transports both children and adults to another place. Fanciful and crazy all rolled into one. GO DOWNLOAD the block. Then come back to share it here and see what I'm doing with the fabric i showed you yesterday. Fabrics on this FIRST block are from my lines the floral is my Sunday Drive, and I added in others of my lines & Moda... Read more →

I have a plan for this fabric, that doesn't always happen does it? + a deal!

This is a busy week for me with a lot of upcoming tasks that need to have write ups, and designs, and other things done ... it's fun, but a little crazy as they all seem to need information THIS week.. what's with that? To make a busy week LOVELY and pretty... I've got my Sew Sampler box spread out on a table... want to see the pretties? Each time the box comes I'm SURE it's the best one! I'd been looking at the Wonderland Fabric and well.. here it came! It's a unique bundle as the company included 2... Read more →

Blair tells us how to use fabrics with meaning, awesome charity project with Jackie then jump starting creativity with Emily & Pat!

My guests today are Emily Herrick, Jackie White, Blair Stocker and Q&A with Pat! FREE Pattern at the end. SHOW #334 Talk Show with Pat Sloan LISTEN to THIS show right at the player above. Prior Shows can be Listened to at MY Podcast Guest List page! ITUNES subscription available - Subscribe HERE GET the APP to listen on your Android I love chatting with fabric and quilt designer Emily Herrick of Crazy old Ladies, she is creative and always has fun projects! When I saw her Picnic baskets for the June 2017 American Patchwork & Quilting issue I get... Read more →

Join our FREE Sew along Dandy Drive!

My friend Sarah Maxwell is a talented pattern and fabric designer. She asked me what I thought about creating a sew along of the same quilt showing it made in her aborable Dandy Days and then show it again in my Sunday Drive, I said YES of course! Here is a peek at my one GIANT bloom in progress! Sarah's company is Design's by Sarah J... where you can see a digital of the quilt in the supply list. Sarah designed the project & is running it from her website DOWNLOAD the project supply list HERE We asked 5 of... Read more →

Free Skill building.. how can you resist!

I can resist no longer.. which is a good thing as we are on unit 2 right now and I don't want to get too far behind! The Fat Quarter shop and my friend Sherri McConnell have a free pattern each month all going into a skill building quilt. Each month is a different technique.. which I think is really cool. Some I've not done for a long time, and I can't wait to revisit those! This is the final quilt made with Bella Solids by Moda. They have a kit and certain tools that will be show all on... Read more →