I started sewing as a child (love those doll clothes!) and I
continued to sew clothing for myself until I discovered quilting. I've
been quilting now for over 15 years. A few years ago I started teaching
and then I decided to put my ideas into patterns. I now run my own design business called Pat Sloan & Company located in Fairfax County, Virginia. I have found that I
really enjoy designing patterns and seeing what other quilters do with
my patterns. In
addition to publishing my own patterns, I design
patterns for McCall's Quilting, McCall's Quick Quilts, American
Patchwork & Quilting, Quilters World, Create &
Decorate, and the Fons and Porter magazines. I have designed several fabric
lines with my favorite fabric company,
P&B Textiles. Also, I love 
working with the great people at my book publisher Leisure Arts, with whom I have done more than 15 books.
Articles
Machine Quilting An article about how I machine
quilt. Click
here to read it now.
What Inspires Me to Quilt How I started to quilt and what inspires my
quilt pattern designs. Click
here to read my article.
A Quilter's Story - Click
here to read an article about me in Connecting Threads.
A Study of Yellow - McCall's Quilting August 2005 issue. This
is an
article on working with color and fabric. Click
here to read my article.
Fabric Quality - Click
here to read my article on fabric quality.
Guest Blogs for a week that were published on Just Be Connected. Click HERE to real all 5 days.
Products I Use
Sewing Machines
Bernina Aurora 440 QE
Quilting Machine
The George Complete Quilting System from American Professional Quilting Sytsems
Batting
I really like Mountain Mist Cream Rose which is 100% cotton, and their GOLD Fuse batting 50% poly and 50% cotton batting for large projects I quilt myself.
Hobbs 100% Wool batting is what I use for most of my large quilts that I have quilted for me. It has wonderful loft and the wool does not hold the creases.
For smaller wall hangings and table runners I'm using Warm and Natural batting. This is a nice firm batting and I also like it for purses. It is 100% cotton. www.warmcompany.com
Thread
For my machine quilting I use Mettler 100% cotton, silk finish thread. It has the purple writing on the spool. For appliqué I use Mettler 100% cotton, embroidery weight thread. It has the green writing on the spools.
A wonderful thread I'm using for hand blanket stitching is Caron threads, the wildflower style. It is 100% cotton, variegated colors and hand dyed, just beautiful!
Fabric
I use 100% good cotton fabric. I really love all kinds of fabrics. P&B Fabrics, FreeSpirit, Red Rooster, and Timeless Treasures and some of the companies I work with to make the type of quilts that I do.
Adhesives (fusible web)
For a consistent fusible web every time for every project, I use Thermoweb's Heatnbond Lite.
