Pat Sloan's I Love To Make Quilts

Pat's FREE 'A Flower Bouquet' Block #6

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies Block #6 in A Flower Bouquet is light and airy. Garden Inspirations are everywhere and if we take just a few minutes to stop and look, we can be so inspired. Be sure to also join my Facebook group! Fabrics I'm Using There are still kits if you love the fabric I'm using. This bundle makes me so happy to be working with it! BUY A KIT THE DOWNLOAD is ALWAYS at the end of my article HIGHLIGHTED IN PINK, so keep reading For light background I used this very pretty floral. For the... Read more →

Pat's FREE 'A Flower Bouquet' Block #5

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies As I'm writing this giant snowflakes are coming down, it's so pretty! I dug into my fabric for this quilt to get block 5 sew up. When to Garden is this week's theme! It's about our gardening personality, not timing of plants. What's with the 2 small blocks? Let me tell you! This is my first week with the smaller size blocks that will be used in my asymmetrical layout. I have a BONUS layout to make a 12" block I will be publishing 2 layouts for this sew along. My Primary layout is... Read more →

Pat's FREE 'A Flower Bouquet' Block #3

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies Everything about working with flowers and gardens inspire me. This quilt along is making me SO happy during the gray days of January. I have to admit the last few days have sparkled liked diamonds with sunshine and a snow covered land. I really love my theme and story for Block #3. The Planting guide. I don't think I'll ever forget how wonderful my friend felt when telling me this. If you have a planting guide story or know if they still exist. leave me a comment (story is in my PDF) Be sure... Read more →

Pat's FREE 'A Flower Bouquet' Block #2

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies So many gorgeous 'A Flower Bouquet' blocks last week! Everything about working with flowers and gardens inspire me! For Block #2 my theme are wonderful 'Bulbs'. The workhorse of any garden! I have endless stories about flower bulbs. I tell you some in the pattern. My most recent story is that my neighbor was splitting her Iris bulbs and gifted me a whole bag full. A bulb is a never ending gift to someone. I'd love to hear a story you have about flower bulbs. What is your favorite, or where have you seen... Read more →

Pat's FREE 'A Flower Bouquet' Block #1

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies Time to Kick off my 'A Flower Bouquet! All things flowers, gardens and who know what other stories and memories will show up, I LOVE flowers! This is my 3rd year of Wednesday sew alongs, I'm having so much fun, I hope you are too! THE DOWNLOAD is ALWAYS at the end of my article HIGHLIGHTED IN PINK, so keep reading My favorite thing in the world are flowers. They inspire me in so many ways. My Flower theme with these fabrics is a going to be a fun way to start a fabulous... Read more →

Merry & Bright Sew Along Enter Your Quilt!

It's time to share your Merry & Bright quilts!! So many exciting tops, and a few finished quilts, have shown up since last week. First a true confession, because I'm a real person just like you, I have a seriously long date with Jack on this quilt top. I will do another post to share about that, it was EPIC, believe me, I'm glad I fixed it. To Quilt your own quilt: My Teach me book shows you how with loads of go to way using your walking foot or freemotion My Aurifil Thread kits with 50wt. SMALL Box on... Read more →

Merry & Bright Sew Along Block FREE #16

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies The theme today is new for me Block #16...... Let it Snow.. Let it Snow.. Let it Sno I was making this block while it snowed here in Virginia, a VERY early November snow! It was pretty and it lasted just one day. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I hope everyone has an amazing day. I'll be in Florida with my family for a few days and I think Thanksgiving on the Beach might be a new tradition! There are some amazing deals right now, including this gorgeous line with fabric & Kits on sale... Read more →

The Big Reveal, my next Weekly Sew Along!

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies This post is FULL of things! My 2019 Mystery Block of the Month theme & Fabric, because that is fun to do too! My First Weekly Mystery for 2019 Theme & Fabric My TWO NEW Sew Alongs for 2019!! First my Video! First up is a Block a Month (BOM) which follows behind the last 5 BOM's that I've hosted... is... Out of This World! I was inspired by the fabric to design a our 2019 Mystery BOM quilt with a fun Spacey theme. Each block will a topic related to space things... such... Read more →

Merry & Bright Sew Along Block FREE #10

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies Yummy... Yummy... Block #10 of my Merry & Bright Sew along is quite tasty! I love to have special candy JUST for a holiday. I think the anticipation is so great that you can only have that candy then. Planning, making or buying in my case, makes the whole holiday festive! TIP - read the NOTE in my pattern about placing the center light squares on after the dark, it's important to the outcome of the block SHARE your quilt block at the END! In each pattern I have a memory or story of... Read more →

Merry & Bright Sew Along Block FREE #7

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies For today, I must say, that Block #7 is my favorite!! Don't tell the others, it will be our secret, ok? My love of Gingerbread started early. Granny would bring them from the Farmer's market and I think i may have played with more of them than actually ate them! SHARE you quilt block at the END! In each pattern I have a memory or story of my own. When You share your block at my Facebook group, or when you leave me a comment after posting your block, share YOUR memory with me!... Read more →