Pat Sloan's I Love To Make Quilts

Do you want to see why I love these... wool mats!

Next week our new Block Wednesday sew along starts. Today I want to show you one of my favorite tools. I've been using the wool pressing mats for a few years and they are amazing for pressing my quilt blocks. I did a video below, and then listed the features I love after it. It's exciting to find a tool that works and you love. These wool pressing mats have been used in the sewing industry for many years. My sewing friends use them a lot. Now we have sizes made for how we quilters work! Article continues below this... Read more →

Did you know you need to clean your rotary cutter when you change the blade?

FIRST... Did you miss my announcement of the next Block Wednesday? CLICK HERE for Winter Fun! Details You can either call this a public service announcement or 'Reality Quilting'.. either way.. I'm about to show you real life happening right in my studio.. are you ready?.. it might get a little.. scary.... But.. it's necessary... Sometimes we just do NOT take the time to be sure our tools are in the best condition. You are cutting with your blade that you KNOW is dull, it is hard to push, it must have a nick because you are cutting places it... Read more →

How about a little Scrap quilting fun + a Giveaway?

When I was asked to share my good friend Bonnie Hunter's Book 'String Frenzy' during her book tour I said heck yes! I've been sewing strips of extra fabric, strings of fabric, together for many years. Bonnie has such a wonderful eye for combining scraps into very effective quilts! You will love her book. So let's see what I selected to work on. ** BUY a String Frenzy for 20% off! ** I decided that I have a LOT of neutrals that are just not getting used. Some are pretty big pieces, others are 1/2 a layer cake square, or... Read more →

Wool pressing mats, my favorite tool!

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies I've been testing the wool pressing mats for a month, I can't wait to tell you about them! I did a video below, and then listed the features I love after it. It's exciting to find a tool that works and you love. These wool pressing mats have been used in the sewing industry for many years. My sewing friends use them a lot. Now we have sizes made for how we quilters work! Article continues below this Ad The Features 100% New Zealand wool 1/2" thick, so it blocks the heat from coming... Read more →

Organized Studio Space tour, DAY 3 of 3 giveaway!

I did a Facebook LIVE on Saturday morning to share my space... come take a look then enter Giveaway #3 at the end. It was so much fun to flip on Facebook Live for an impromptu walk through my studio I did not do the captions at Facebook because I have to manually edit them. It's translator is not very good, and this one was too long for me to go through and rewrite it. Instead I put it up at Youtube and you can select their closed caption which is better at translating WATCH at YOUTUBE for closed caption... Read more →

Organizing my Studio Space, DAY 2 of 3 giveaway!

I've been working away and putting things back and decided it would be a GREAT day to do my Sewline 'unbagging' video! There are 2 kits, both on sale. You can also buy any product by itself Did you like this video? * CLICK for Quilting Kit ON SALE * CLICK for Sewing Kit ON SALE * All Sewline products For Day 2 of my giveaway THIS yummy gift box will go to someone! Tomorrow is day 3 and you can enter ALL 3 days! Now.. Leave a comment below by 8:30pm eastern Sept 26, 2018 Winner is Cathy who... Read more →

Organizing my Studio Space, want to see...psst.. giveaway at the end

I'm busy making my main studio space more usable... check out my progress AND enter my giveaway! I give you a BEFORE tour My main studio space is where I work all the time. It has my projects in progress, machines, computer, and most of my fabric. About 3pm I started pulling all the projects out of my studio space to resort them and put them into better size container and more effective & productive spots for my use. I did a video for you For the post part I'm not doing fabric, just projects. That includes all the different... Read more →

Merry & Bright more insight to the project layout with a Video

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies I'm thrilled by how cute ALL your Merry and Bright blocks and layout blocks are!! I filmed a video to walk you through my design process for this project and how I'm looking at the layout this week. I'm also using new equipment, and the shipping department set up some lighting. So this is my first run with all this. We'll be fine tuning it so that I can develop a lot of short videos walking through different tips, techniques and everything I am working on! Leave me a comment to let me know... Read more →

Merry & Bright Sew Along Block #5

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies And it's time to.... Trim our tree with 'Tinsel' as my Block #5! The tree is central to starting Christmas for my family. I believe it may have started with my Granny who loved to decorate. KEEP READING to the END as I spotted a cool curated bundle that is similar to what I'm using! But it's a limited number of them, under the download 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... Read more →

Pat Sloan: How to alter a t-shirt neckline

I was asked to repost this oldie but goodie.. so here it is! I have altered tshirts for years and years! You can alter a t-shirt neckline with a easy little 'x' stitch. Have your needle (a chenille is good), Aurifil 12wt or another thread of similar weight. These photos were done a LONG time ago when I did this project with a similar thread. BUY 12 wt AURIFIL .. the kits are a great way to pick up several colors You are folding the neckline in half then making 'x' stitches. Pretty much all it is! For the collar,... Read more →