Pat Sloan's I Love To Make Quilts

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 →

UFO Busting with Pat Sloan

The other day I was looking for something and found yet another project in progress, unfinished object, you know.. those guilt inducing piles we store away hoping that magically they will get finished for us by the quilting elves at night! I've decided that I need a strong plan to get all thee partial projects either finished, or moved onto new homes. There are a lot of them A Lot I'm a GREAT planner, so I don't know why i just have not done a 'do-able' plan. Because being do-able is the key to all successful plans. Would you also... Read more →

In the Summer Time FREE Block #12

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies I had fun thinking about this weeks topic and would love for you to share some stories... the GOOD ones.. wink! Block #12 is 'Family Reunions!' Do you have them now? In the past? Do you have a super favorite story about where Uncle Harry did... mmmm.. maybe that isn't a good one to share.. haha! Share your Family Reunion story with me in the comments.... and keep reading...I have a tip for you on fussy cutting I decided it was a pineapple kind of day, so I fussy cut them by placing the... 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 →

UFO Challenge is getting filled out.. want to join me?

UFO... Un-Finished Objects. Almost all of us have them.. there are a RARE group of quilters that finish everything in a timely manner, then there is the majority of us who start new things and store others away... raise your hand if you can relate! It's time for the annual UFO Challenge that my friends at American Patchwork & Quilting hosts each year and they have a GREAT Facebook group to get support, share and they live videos from the magazine offices, so fun! They will pick a random number each month and you do that project! So... deep breath...and... 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 →