Pat Sloan's Blog

Pat Sloan: did you ever - a Binding Saga

Did you ever make miles and miles of binding..... because you didn't want to stop to figure out how much you needed? So you guess-timated and then added on a few extra strips? for good measure and because it totally sucks to not have enough yeah.. I thought you might have done that Me too So what do YOU do with the extra binding? Visit my Digital pattern store CLICK HERE post continues below ad Read more →

Pat Sloan: Fabric 101 - a paint swatch challenge

Sometimes I'm asked to do a challenge. Maybe a full quilt, maybe a block. I find a challenge to be a super fun way to experiment and stretch my fabric choices.. or maybe not! Depends on the challenge doesn't it? I was asked to make a block to go into a quilt to be used as a fund raiser. I was given this fall fabric with the paint swatches. All thing i could not do was use pure white fabric. I could live with that.. not sure I even OWN pure white fabric. The swatches were pretty fun as they... Read more →

Pat Sloan: The Power of auditioning your fabric

It's time for a Sugar Block update! I'm doing this quilt with Amy Gibson for the pure FUN OF IT!! Woo hoo! She does a lot of paper piecing and more complicated blocks than I usually work with. I'm enjoying that.. as it's just ONE block.. wink! All the links to the club are at the bottom. Let's see where this quilt is going! I am TRYING to do each block each month, that's my goal. Last night I got caught up.. with a few days to spare.. whee!! This is the May block. It is paper pieced and I... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Fabric 101 - Garden Gnome Inspired

Fabric 101 is my ongoing series of Fabric Inspirations. Today is brought to you by the Garden Gnome. Yep... really! I was in Target in the garden section looking for something else entirely... when I noticed this army of aqua Garden Gnomes. I'm not a Gnome person, but the color of these glazed gnomes is amazing. It matches some pieces in my studio. It was a wee bit sad to see them all discounted with no home... i snapped a photo and didn't buy one.. but might STILL go back to get one.. thinking on this.. It's so fun to... Read more →

Pat Sloan: Fabric Chatter

My Favorite thing in the whole world to do is try out fabric combos... it makes me so happy to see what fabric does when you put it next to each other! My very talented friend Jane at QuiltJane designed an awesome Nested Churndash pattern. She knows the Churndash is my favorite block of ALL TIME ... really of ALL TIME. I have one in my official first quilt sampler and I've been in love with it ever since. Jane is going to host a Sew Along and asked a group of us to join her, SO EXCITED! So let's... Read more →