Pat Sloan's Blog

What's on my design wall .. it's pretty full!

Article continues below this Ad The Cotton + Steel booster club arrived.... I LOVE this club! This month are AMAZING basics and some darling prints... if you didn't pick up any Beauty shop yet you need to.. those cats! Can you guess where those black/white & aqua prints are going? yep.. for my Aurifil Designer challenge quilt! BEAUTY SHOP Basics, Snap to Grid ORDER the Club I'm using some of these in my Heartland Heritage quilt. If you didn't get this pattern yet BUY HERE.. it's also a 2018 calendar! The Spelling bee sew along is going strong and I... Read more →

FREE Aurifil Designer Block Challenge, 2018's Block 2- Enter your block!

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies In 2010 I created the first original Block of the month for Aurifil and it was so much fun we've done it ever year since! 2018 is the start of my 8th year running this super fun program. Learn more about how it works at our intro of the 2018 team I LOVE our February block and the designer, my super talented friend Scott Hansen of Blue Nickle Studio. You'll enjoy meeting Scott, and getting to know him! Remember that each month we pick a Thread Kit winner from the blocks posted. DOWNLOAD the... Read more →

A little Longarm talk and hear what I did when I was out at Babylock early in January

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies Amy Ellis, Linda Pacini Chat with Pat! CLICK THE PLAYER & Listen to Show 368 -- 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! Designer and Author Amy Ellis and I were both at Babylock to work the first week in January. She was learning a new longarm machine, so exciting! I picked her brain.. listen in BUY Amy's GORGEOUS... Read more →

You are all like Busy Bees this week + a Deal!

Article continues below this Ad I have been scrolling the photos several times a day at my Facebook group and you are creating AMAZING projects! I try and comments on as many of your projects you make from my patterns and fabric as possible, but i know I don't see them all. I want to give you an extra special shout out and tell you how GREAT you are!! Looking at my wonderful group you remind me of Busy Quilting Bees... buzzing in, helping each other, buzzing out to sew and then back again. I love this comment I saw... Read more →

Musings from the road...

Article continues below this Ad Today is a radio show encore. If you have never looked at my guest list at my radio station page, it might be fun to do that! Pat's Radio Station Show Page Full List of shows at the Radio Station to download, click the highlighted title to download the podcast Pat's Guest List To get ready for this teaching trip I spent a lot of time working ahead on the projects I can't do while I'm on the road. This past week I enlisted the help of my office assistant..... My Aqua Office assistant arrived... Read more →