Pat Sloan's I Love To Make Quilts

FREE Embroidery Block of the month, Block 10 A Darling Pumpkin + a Deal!

I am the host of Aurifil's Designer of the Month program for the last 6 years. And during that time we have had so many cute projects from our fantastic designers! I suggested to the Aurifil we run the 2012 Embroidery Block of the Month again as it's darling and many of you might have missed it! This month it's SO DARLING! Amanda Jennings gave us this SUPER CUTE Pumpkin embroidery..eep! We are making the blocks again with AuriFloss or Aurifil 12wt, which is equally yummy. You can get my Hometown thread Kit which has a spool of each weight... Read more →

FREE Block 17/25 Grandma's Kitchen Sew Along + fabric deals!

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies Each Block in Grandma's Kitchen will be a memory or event of mine with a dash of yours thrown in, like this month! Block 17/25 'Pantry Goods'. What was IN Grandma's Pantry? Canned goods? Store Bought? Where was the pantry.. in the kitchen or a separate room... can't wait to hear! (ps... looking for Eiffel Tower scissors, find HERE) This is PERFECT for a scrappy quilt. Go light dark or totally random Either way you use up some serious goods so you free up space for new! ************************************** Download Pat Sloan Block 17 directions... Read more →

Let's talk unfinished projects, what if we don't WANT to finish them?

Article continues below this Ad Let's chat Unfinished projects, that would be a UFO in 'Quilt-Talk' .. I have thoughts... many thoughts! Read on! I've had lots of discussions over the years about how to handle UFOs. Sometimes several things happen and I then feel the frantic need to get them under control This week when I chatted with Lindsay on my talk show she mentioned 'Did she have the passion to work on that quilt'. I have not been able to stop thinking about that. And then because I'm getting ready for new things, finishing up things, my own... Read more →

The Moment you've been waiting for... Grandma's Kitchen Layout!

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies The moment you have waited for... my layout for my Grandma's Kitchen! I sew this in rows, it's SO easy! PLUS if you want to do a 'Quilt as you go', then sew 2 or 3 rows as a unit and quilt them, it will be so easy to do on any machine that way. I have the top row sewn ... Some of you are using very similar fabrics to mine, here is a close up of the fabrics that are not the solid white... and my second closeup. Article continues below these... Read more →