Pat's YouTube Videos and Design Wall Webcam

See all of Pat's vidoes at:

Pat Sloan's YouTube Page

Check out what's on my design wall. I try to update it every few days (sometimes more often).  Sometimes I turn the camera around to view my yard.

Click your refresh button to get the latest view.

Answers to a few questions

1-Read the comments section for questions and my answers at the time. I move the camera around so things are not always the same. On weekends the camera is usually off.
2-The webcam is on during the week while I'm working in the studio. It goes to sleep when I do and sometimes I turn it off, so in those cases the last photo is the one that will be there.
3- I don't make a quilt EVERY day. But will try change what is on the wall often. And if I can't take down a project I'll move the camera for a new view!

4- I've had questions on what EXACTLY is a webcam? It is a just like a video camera. I have told it 'how often' to take a photo. I could take them a lot, but the streaming video doesn't work so well for most people. So we are taking them in a certain time interval. For example a photo every 500 seconds. Then the photo is uploaded for you to see. The closer the photos are taken together the more it looks like a movie. Right now it would be like a flip book if you saved all the photos and put them on pages ...hehe! The image on my newsletter on the front of the website was one of the photos I saved. I hope that helps!

5- My design wall is something I've had for a long time. It is made up of 2 flannel covered foam core building sheets. These are then bolted to the wall. I push pins into the foam, not the wall.

6-How do I keep my studio 'clean'. Sometimes it looks clean.. and well.. sometimes it doesn't.. hehe! If I am making a big quilt it is going to get messy. But I really don't like to work in a mess. So I tend to keep things neatish.. put them away in bins so I can't SEE them messy and generally clean up as I go. I try and keep the work table very clean as you can see it as soon as you open the front door. And I don't like to sit all day in a mess... it doesn't feed my soul. And I'm in often in this room 14 hours a day.

7- On 4-12-08 Monica asked me in the comments about how I work on projects and keep them organized.  The red bins I have in my studio are project bins. For the most part I'm working on one project then the next.. but I often have several projects in different phases. Like right now I have 2 diamond quilts and a logcabin in progress, but they don't have a 'job' yet. So I have a book that I'm starting and all those quilts will be worked on in sequence. But I might have one I'm quilting on while one is on the wall being built.  On this particular day I was showing charity quilt tops on my wall that were donated by quilters on my yahoo group. So 3 of the quilts that I put up were tops from other quilters... not my tops. AND.. I have about 15 projects in various stages that are just for me or don't have jobs yet... and we won't count the ones in the 'deep freeze' that have not been worked on for a LONG time.. hehe!

Comments

[Sue Cryderman]

I think I just saw my profile:D LOL!

[rachel]

hahahahahahaha.
bobble head web cam.
awesome.

[Lynne Potter]

Hi Pat...from waaaaaaaay over here in PA. My arms getting tired of waving at you now....I think I waved a few pounds off that arm, switching over to left arm now lol. Lynne in PA

PS
Arent bobbles just the neatest thing lol.

[Barbara Jordan]

Hi Pat, sorry if this is not the proper place to send this message, but Internet Explorer will not let me onto death by quilting website. Help

[Rosie]

Hi Pat welcome back!!

[Pat Sloan]

I see you Lynda!!!!

[Lynda Milligan]

Hi,
Can you see me waving at you?
See you soon,
Lynda

[pat sloan]

Hi Margaret!

So glad you like my design wall!

The large sewing machine is a Longarm set into a table called George by APQS. It is only
for freemotion quilting. It has a 20" well for all my quilts, the high speed, and a HUGE
work table. So my machine quilting is done on that machine.

the Bernina does everything else~!
pat sloan
http://patsloan.com

[Margaret D. Kelly]

I love the fall colors in your quilt. How do you keep it so neat? And I love the idea of having "project" bins for your projects.
May I ask why two sewing machines?
Margaret d. Kelly

[mary burns]

Oh Pat, love that quilt on the wall!! I love looking at your webcams, Hugs, Mary

[Sue Barley]

Lots of fun stuff to look at on your blog. Make lots of labels for charity quilts.

[pat sloan]

Glad you found the bag!! It's a kit or a pattern.. by Sue Spargo at my webstore.

I need to get my hoops sewn so I can finish up this farmer's market!

[Yvonne]

Hi again, Pat. I found out when I went to your web site. I love that bag!!!

[Yvonne]

Your farmers market looks great, Pat! Love the look.
I was just wondering, what is the small quilt underneath it? TTYL, Yvonne.

[rachel]

oh pat...LOVE the border for your farmer's market.