Pat Sloan's I Love To Make Quilts

In the Summer Time FREE Block #5, what's your flavor?

Times have changed and we have so many more choices... Block #5 'Ice-Cream Love!' because we all have our favorite flavors. Do you like softserve better than scoops? Sherbet better than ice-cream? How about a Popsicle at the beach.. oh yes.. it's Ice-Cream time! I believe in the power of auditioning before I sew a block. I saw the 2 pineapples together and thought they would be darling in the center. After I laid these out I found the 2 of them in the middle very distracting! I switched to one gold in the middle MUCH better! One of the... Read more →

In the Summer Time FREE Block #4, what do you think it is?

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies I love the block theme day!!... Block #4 is 'Meet me at the Drive In!' .. NOTHING says Summer Time like going to the drive in to the movies! I really hope you share your Drive in memories .. well.. maybe not the 'racy ones' during a date.... wink! Do you still have a drive in near by? there is one near my Mother-in-law, maybe I need to see what's playing this summer on my next trip there! This is the point where I now have a few blocks and I can start looking... Read more →

What happens when you take one block and repeat it... A FREE Quilt pattern!

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies When I started my free Wed quilt along, I had a goal of creating full quilts from the blocks, and adding them to my Free Pattern page Today I have the Sticky Bun block from Grandma's Kitchen as a full quilt! I made with mostly French General Fabrics & Bella solids in black. (bella is 20% in Feb HERE) I made this quilt for my mom's husband Frandk. He wanted a quilt 'without flowers'. His mother made many many quilts and Franks treasures the ones he has from his mom. I hope he loves... Read more →

In the Summer Time FREE Block #3

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies If you have not been inspired yet, then TODAY is the day... Block #3 is 'Reading Books' We may need an ENTIRE sew along devoted to books! In the pattern I give you a layout for a lap quilt using this block.. do you want to see it? I've wanted to do a library quilt for a long time. There are so many wonderful ones I've seen over the years and for me, I want to keep it simple so this block was just the right one! I'd love to take novelty prints for... Read more →

The UFO# for January, a fun challenge + Valentine Deal!

Article continues below this Ad The UFO Challenge for 2018 has you select 12 projects to finish, and American patchwork & Quilting picks a random number and that is the one to work on! Download the worksheet I LOVE the Olympics!!! They started yesterday and I was working all day and all night and didn't come to my final destination until after 10pm But today is a day off and I'll be catching up on things! I spotted this fun sew along, and the figures are from my friend Amanda Murphy's darling fabric line, I love it so much! JOIN... Read more →

In the Summer Time FREE Block #2

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies Every week I may just say THIS is my favorite part of summer.... today it's true... Block #2 is 'Oh The Gardens!' In my world, summer means gardens. Flower gardens, vegetable gardens, fancy gardens, and neighborhood gardens. I truly live for flowers. You see them in quilts of mine and I've gardened, just for myself, since I was a kid. Seriously a KID.. what kid gardens for fun when nobody else in the world they know is gardening? I really enjoy sharing my thoughts each week in the pattern, and look forward to hearing... Read more →

How to test for an accurate 1/4" seam allowance and why it's important

Article continues below this Ad It's always good to test your 1/4" seam allowance to be sure it's accurate. If you change machines or maybe you just never tested it, this is a super simple way to be sure your seam allowance is 1/4". And I have a myth buster or two to share below MYTH: I have a 1/4" foot on my machine so I don't need to test it MYTH BUSTED: Even if you have a 1/4" foot for your machine it might need to be adjusted. You can't assume it is 100% accurate If you check and... Read more →