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🎀 Download my FREE February Calendar & the Aurifil Layout

Are you ready to be organized, Caught up, and start something new? How is that for a question?

• Download my February Calendar
• My Daily Video - see how I do a pieced quilt back
• Download the Aurifil 2020 layout
• 2021 Block of the Month

February is going to be filled with Love every step of the way!

My calendar lists all the sew along and I have daily prompts too!

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Download Pat Sloan February 2021 Calendar

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*** See how I do a pieced quilt back ***

• Help me pick which border to do for my Prim Cross stitch pattern https://shrsl.com/2oucc 
• Rainbow quilt  download at Calendar page https://www.ilovetomakequilts.com/pat-sloan-calendar-challenges.html
• Flower Quilt https://blog.patsloan.com/2020/05/a-free-happy-dance-pattern-for-everyone.html 
• Norm the Gnome pattern at  http://shrsl.com/1hogo

*** 2020 Aurifil Designer of the month Layout ***

For 10 years I have had the great honor to interview so many top notch designers! They all then created a wonderful block to go with the interview.  

All the layouts are designed by me to showcase the blocks for the year.

Download the 2020 layout at https://auribuzz.com/2021/01/27/2020-aurifil-designer-of-the-month-quilt-layout/ 

We have decided that 10 years is a great place to end this program. But I know some of you love Block of the months, so keep reading!

If you are interested in a Block of the Month for 2021, I'm participating in the Old School BOM. My month is October. It will be so fun to create blocks with the 11 other designers and I bet you meet a few new people along the way!

This is my version of Block #1. 

Details at https://www.ilovetomakequilts.com/old-school-block-of-the-month.html

🧵December Designer of the Month & A chance to Win Thread!

I'm thrilled to share the December Aurifil Designer Duo with you!

*** The Aurifil Project ***

Our December Aurifil designer Duo are Shannon and Jason Mullett-Bowlsby of The Shibaguyz.  Head over and read my interview for Aurifil's Designer of the Month Series, you will love meeting here! Then come back to watch my daily video for a few tips on the block

• Enter your block at the Aurifil site for a chance to win a box of thread!
• Get your Carrara thread box at https://shrsl.com/2meya
• All Color builder boxes https://amzn.to/2ILYPof
• My Interview and block are At the Aurifil Website, read and come for my tips!

*** Featured Aurifil Collection ***

Each month the Aurifl color Builder box is named for a town in Italy.  We wrap up our tour of Italy with the amazing city of Carrara known for it's marble Quarries.  Shannon and Jason knocked this one out of the park! makes me wish I'd used black and white in my quilt!

*** My Block and Tips ***

This block is so much fun to do and will use up loads of little scrap pieces. I can see a whole quilt using it!

• Get your Carrara thread box at https://shrsl.com/2meya
• All Color builder boxes https://amzn.to/2ILYPof

*** My Daily Video ***

Today I show you how to do a unit of this block in my video

ps... Gregg doesn't know I used this photo.. haha! he was messing around and I got him in the picture

*** All my Blocks! ***

I'm working on the setting/layout pattern which will be released by the middle of January.

Each month the Interview, download & Challenge Block entry are done at the Aurifil Website. 

• Download the pattern at the end of My interview 
• NEW HERE? Enter your email for my fun free weekly tips & finds!
• Prior Block INFO

 

November Aurifil Designer of the Month Block and Interview

I'm thrilled to share the November Aurifil Designer with you!

*** The Aurifil Project ***

Our November Aurifil designer for November is Tiffany Sepulveda of Sew Tiffany.  Head over and read my interview for Aurifil's Designer of the Month Series, you will love meeting here! Then come back for my tips on the block

• Enter your block at the Aurifil site for a chance to win a box of thread!
• Get your FLORENCE thread box at https://shrsl.com/2meya
• My Interview and block are At the Aurifil Website, read and come for my tips!

 

*** Featured Aurifil Collection ***

Each month the Aurifl color Builder box is named for a town in Italy. Florence is an incredible city and Tiffany selected one of it's landmarks, the Ponte Vecchio bridge, as her inspiration.

Learn more about the bridge at Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_Vecchio

*** My Block and Tips ***

This block is much easier than it looks! One key is your fabric colors. 

***Get your Florence Thread Box at https://shrsl.com/2meya

I tried out 3 different color combinations.

One thing I needed to do was bring in more white. And I really didn't need a lot of green. See all my blocks together at the end. 

Using a design board helps you keep the strips in the correct order, It's easy to get them mixed up.

Keep those water end units in the right order too.

If you water fabric is directional that is even more inportant.

AND I love using my Oliso mini iron! The Pink and yellow are shipping now, the 2 new colors ship at Thanksgiving.

ORDER Your OLISO IRON HERE

After you sew the window row and the bridges pillars then it is all straight rows

TIP: be sure your pieced rows are 12.5" wide

*** All my Blocks! ***

I'm working on the setting design which will be released in early January! 

Each month the Interview, download & Challenge Block entry are done at the Aurifil Website. 

• Download the pattern at the end of My interview 
• NEW HERE? Enter your email for my fun free weekly tips & finds!
• Prior Block INFO

 

🧵 October Designer of the Month & A chance to Win Thread!

NOV 15, 2020 === If you are coming to look for the November Designer interview, it has been delayed due to a technical issue on the designers end. As soon as she has it resolved I'll post.  It could be a few days.

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Happy October 15th, Aurifil Designer of the Month Day!

*** The Aurifil Project ***

Our October Aurifil Designer of the Month is Sherry Shish who really wanted this purple to honor someone special to her, she tells you all about the meaning of it in my interview. so head over and read my interview for Aurifil's Designer of the Month Series! Then come back

• ***Enter your block at the Aurifil site for a chance to win a box of thread! ***
• My Interview and block are At the Aurifil Website, read and come for my tips!

*** Featured Aurifil Collection ***

Each month the Aurifl color Builder box is named for a town in Italy. We go to Amalfi today with the gorgeous color purple. Each designer is creating a block based on something about the thread collection that inspires them. For Sherry it is they color purple. The Aurifil blocks are exciting and unique. At the end of the year I create a layout. 

*** My Block and a tip ***

I make the blocks in totally different fabrics.

Sherry has a really clever block construction, but if you change out the color placement in the middle like I did, then you have to make more blocks and will have units you don't use. 

My stripe is printed on the diagonal. Here i do an audition for the direction of it.

• BUY the color builder BOXes at https://shrsl.com/2i6c6    
• Fabric I'm using is Flour Garden (yes that is spelled right)

I love Sherry's thread rack!  You can get it at https://amzn.to/2IzsQHy

 

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*** All my blocks together ***

I'm back to sewing my own blocks, yeah!

***  All the Designer Blocks! ***

They look amazing!  I'm excited how the gray and solids are working. 

*** My Daily Video ***

• My books  at https://shrsl.com/2jbrq  and some  on sale at http://shrsl.com/13ot1 

• Pocket Guide to Stablizers https://amzn.to/3du3ZQY 

Each month the Interview, download & Challenge Block entry are done at the Aurifil Website. 

• Download the pattern at the end of My interview 
• NEW HERE? Enter your email for my fun free weekly tips & finds!
• Prior Block INFO