Pat Sloan's Blog

Amanda Murphy, Susan Emory, Jackie Robinson, and Jeni Baker Chat with Pat!

Amanda Murphy, Susan Emory, Jackie Robinson, and Jeni Baker Chat with Pat! CLICK THE PLAYER & Listen to Show 370 -- My WEEKLY FIND is at the end! LISTEN to THIS show right at the player above. ITUNES subscription available - Subscribe HERE GET the APP to listen on your Android Prior Shows can be Listened to at MY Podcast Guest List page! I love catching up with Amanda Murphy. She was our Dec 2017 Aurifil Designer of the year were you got a peek at her Winter Games fabric. She is an author, Benartex fabric designer and awesome freemotion... Read more →

Charity Sew Along Block #2 love how they look!

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies I'm thrilled to again make a Charity quilt to donate this year along with my friends at The Fat Quarter shop and Moda fabrics. This year we are support St. Judes with this project, which does amazing work for children. There are six big blocks like mine above, and six smaller versions too, all put into an cool setting. So the project starts today and ends on July 25, 2018. AND make your block and share it at my quilt show below! My fabrics are Kate Spain's 'Voyage Fabric' paired it with Bella Bluebell... Read more →

A cottage Garden, with Pat's Button club FREE Pattern!

Article continues below this Ad ------------- Pat Sloan, quilt, quilting, patchwork, applique, learn to quilt. fabric, sewing, podcast, free quilt pattern, I love to make quilts For your March button club, I designed a little cottage.. or two... My free banners are designed for the Fat Quarter shop to showcase year 2 of the Button Lover's Club The March Button collection is darling with the promise of spring in it's flowers! I'm using Aurifloss, using 2 ply. I LOVE the little wooden spools it comes on. If you want a kit of colors, the Macaroon box is perfect! The fabric... Read more →

Ever wondered about someone's process for designing?

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies Malka Dubrawsky, Carl Hentsch, Sherri McConnell, and Jo Morton Chat with Pat! CLICK THE PLAYER & Listen to Show 369 -- My WEEKLY FIND is at the end! LISTEN to THIS show right at the player above. ITUNES subscription available - Subscribe HERE GET the APP to listen on your Android Prior Shows can be Listened to at MY Podcast Guest List page! I’ve been a huge fan of Malka Dubrawsky’s work for years. I love her hand dyed fabric, her quilt shop fabrics and her process for creating. Malka always has the most... Read more →

And the winner .. I mean layout.. is...

Article continues below this Ad Do you like my Olympic Inspired title!! Sometimes it takes me a bit longer to get the Designer of the Month layout ready for you! And sometimes it may be worth the wait ... The theme for our 2017 Designer interviews was the colorwheel. So I HAD to design a layout that let their blocks show off the theme Doesn't it look fabulous! Here are the designer's blocks in color order. It was so fun for me to see what came in every month! Article continues below these Amazon Goodies These photos were taken in... Read more →