Happy Birthday, Pat Sloan!

by Mossie's Masterpiece cake/cupcake designs = photo from flickr

Today is Pat Sloan's birthday!

I decided to do a "Tribute" post and share the projects I have made with Pat's patterns and by hanging out with her and the Sloanies at her forum.
Enjoy!

My OP Challenge quilt. Started Feb. 2009 through Pat's Orange Pile challenge. It's the only twin quilt in our house that I've made! My daughter has claimed it.



Pat's Fall quilt pattern in Irish Quilting magazine. I did this one for a swap partner at Pat's Death by Quilting forum page.




I also started {late!} the Madhatter Tea blocks and setting challenge at Death by Quilting. I plan to work on these blocks this year and have a finished quilt.





uh-oh! Another UFO! This is my Camp Sloanie tent flap quilt. I just haven't got back to it. I have lots of different settings saved on my computer. I think this is the one I like best. I would like to finish this too.




My Wishing Well tablerunner - is still not done:(
Don't blame Pat! I take on a lot of projects and this one is really quick. I just stopped at the machine applique part;)
This was Pat's free project with this year's Falloween hop.




Pat's Lucky Charms sew along with Old Red Barn.
Again, stopped at the machine applique.
But I will finish this soon!! It's on the 'short list'


And so you don't think I just get inspired by Pat and never finish anything. . .

My Season of Grace Block of the Month. Designed by Pat Sloan and Emilie Richards.
Finished and ready for December first!

by Made with Pink - from flickr

You can wish Pat a Happy Birthday too. She has lots going on - all of the time!

Pat's blog: http://patsloan.typepad.com/pat_sloans_corner/

Pat's website: http://patsloan.typepad.com/quiltershome/
This is where you can find links to her free patterns and tips!

Be sure to check out her Radio show and Webstore {she has new rulers out with Sullivan's called 'cutting edge' - I'm waiting for the size I want to come in. Plus, she has some of her fabrics on clearance prices right now}

Pat's Quilt Mash Up Forum: http://www.quiltmashup.com/
We chat and encourage each other here daily.
Pat's latest encouragement has been with her 12 UFO tips.

Have a happy, Pat!

With Joy,
Sarah V

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I Need More Walls this Monday!

I'm juggling alot of projects right now. I'm sure some of you are juggling more:)



My design wall has my string block for last week on it waiting to be finished. There's also a little more than half of the mystery basket block up. The other half is here -



on my little flannel board that I use to take small pieces to the machine. This block is going to be tricky for me. I am not a 'trimmer' of blocks by nature, and this one seems to require it! Let's just say - don't expect to see it finished for next week!:)

The stack of blocks you can see on my table in this picture are the ones I made this weekend during the Sloanie Winter Camp. Here's my planned block layout -

I really like it and plan to keep it for myself. I don't know many other people who would enjoy it as much:)
It will have to wait a bit as I want to get the final borders onto this top -



I really like the dynamics created by contrast in this quilt. I want to get a tutorial up for these easy blocks - and to start doing a colour series using this block. Wouldn't you like to see what value placement will do to the look of this one? (Yes, there are 2 diagonal squares turned the wrong way. I didn't plan it, but I'm also not changing it:))

With my birthday just over a two weeks away I have to FOCUS this week and get my Birthday Baskets quilt done.

It seemed to take ALL DAY yesterday to sew the binding onto the front. I ran out of steam and didn't have any 'puff' left to hand sew during the Super Bowl. This week's task is to finish the binding and get a sleeve on this quilt.

Then there's the repainting of the entryway where it will hang. But the quilt comes first:)

Check out the projects everyone else is juggling, I mean, quilting, through Judy's links.

With Joy,
Sarah Vee

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Friday Afternoon Camp Update

I am having too much fun at Camp!


It's a sunny day here and my blocks (and design wall) prove it! These blocks go together quick and the results are fun to play with.



I will have enough of these size blocks to make one of these layouts.



I am a Very Happy Camper! The rest of these blocks are waiting to be sewn together.



I have a whole bunch of shorter yellow strips left. It looks like 5 inches is the longest I can go and use them all. I will make up these smaller ones and play with them in the quilt too.

I did forget to eat ENOUGH lunch. My tummy is growling. The daughter will be home from school soon to enjoy some munchies with. (Don't worry - I fed the toddlers!)

You can see what the other campers' blocks look like at the flickr group.

With Joy,
Sarah Vee

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Three Takes Thursday

FABRIC

My local quilt store is having a sale right now so I had to walk around a little bit and pet some fabrics and well. . . shop!
The bottom green I NEED to finish the tile quilt I've been creating.
The fabric on the left is from the Shangri-La line and I love it.
The one on the right has FUN wobbly light aqua stripes - which work perfect as background fabric for this BOM.

HAPPY CAMPER

2010 Camp Sloanie Winter Stashbuster officially starts Friday. Some campers are a little eager to get started on the fun. This camper has a Winter Carnival in town and a husband whose away on Saturday leaving a camping quilter in charge of children and domestic duties!! What's a camper to do. . .

Start the party early! I love getting to use up my yellow fabrics. They are all of various STYLES of prints - batik, country, brights, floral, geometric. Using them as one colour they all play nice together. The large, easy piecing block that Pat Sloan designed for camp keeps my large print fabric looking like a print too!

Back to cutting fabric,
Sarah Vee

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To Camp with a Basket Handle

Basket Back Basting

I finished appliquing the basket handle. I found the back basting technique made it really easy - no pins, and the fabric easily turns right on the marked placement line. I will be using this method again - soon!

Inventory Analysis - You could call it "FABRIC CAMP"


Pat Sloan will be hosting a stash sew-in Feb. 5-7. You can read about it here. I am still on the fence, - haven't hoarded chocolate or stocked the freezer, but I HAVE pulled out a couple combinations of fabric for the stash chopping block.

First up: this Amy Butler print I love and haven't done anything with yet. I also have alot of browns waiting to be used.



Here's another fabric from Amy Butler's CHARM line - and some yellows. I have more yellows, but they have prints on them.


Tune in next week to see if I've actually convinced myself to start another project - or two!

With Joy,
Sarah Vee

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