Pat Sloan's Blog

Quilting changes Everything + a GIVEAWAY!

My wonderful friend Helen Stubbings is running a series this year on how we use quilting as therapy called 'Stitch Therapy 365'. She challenges us to 'stitch just 5 minutes a day for 365 days' And to help us do that she had created this darling panel that you can stitch on each day! She does such cute drawings I think i'm going to have to join in. You don't have to start at the beginning, just start with the day you get the panel and stitch each day! Stitch Therapy at http://stitchtherapy365.ontrapages.com/ with all details and how to order... Read more →

Confessions of a Wanna Be EPPer..

When my friend Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill of Whole Circle Studio came up with this amazing English Paper Piecing alphabet papers. She has a blog tour running and asked a variety of people with a variety of skill levels to join her by making a letter. True Confession: I do English Paper Piecing (EPP) but not much. So I'm on the 'wanna be' end of the spectrum of makers on Sheri's tour. But I'm always up for a challenge that will teach me something new. I've got the blow by blow to making super fun alphabet for you, are you ready? AND... Read more →

Fa-La-La A giveway of the BEST kind!

Welcome Splendid Sampler Quilters! My block today is to honor my amazing mother-in-law Madge. I hit the jackpot on getting the best MIL there is! Madge and I share a love of quilting and gardening. Our two favorite things to talk about. She is also an amazing seamstress. Making most of her clothing since she was a teenager. Quite posh, I love that photo of her showing off a new outfit! I actually learned to quilt before Madge did. When she started to take classes her beginner sampler had a 'Honey bee' block, and I really wished mine had one... Read more →

The Nancy Zieman Memoir Book Tour Stop & Giveaway!

I'm honored to be able to share with you the the new book & DVD about my friend Nancy Zieman written by her amazing husband and business partner Richard. "Nancy Zieman - A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Friends Blog Tour hosted by the Nancy Zieman Productions the Blog" At the June baby lock event for Ambassadors, Nancy gave us an overview of her career, which is really incredible. She wrote about it in her book "Seams Unlikely", which you can pick up HERE. Her talk gave me another peek into how she thought and how she built her business.... Read more →

My Crazy life + a behind the scenes

I am having one of those CRAZY fun years so far where so many things that have been in the works a very LONG time are now finally ready enough we can talk about it.. and I'm working on my book and zooming to meet deadlines.. it's nutty.. but FUN nutty. Let me share some of the BIG news .. So this is an EARLY Sneak Peek! My good friend Jane and I decided we loved working with designers on The Splendid Sampler book so much that we invited another 80 designers to do a second book with us.. and... Read more →