Hi my friend!

Thank you for the support and friendship over all these many many years! (26+ but whose counting?)

My patterns are for your personal use only. If several of you want to make my pattern, each of you needs to download your own copy. The website will be here for awhile, but not forever.

Watch my past videos, including my last video with a look back at things I’ve done at YouTube/PatSloan

Pat Sloan 10/31/2026

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2025 Issues

– As you know 2025 was a dumpster fire for me.  I had my website company close and NOT move us to another location. I had 2 weeks to move my entire website to a new system, my newsletter company closed, another business service I use had a massive change, and I was in Montana to help my mom move. Mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer and I spent 6 months helping her until she died at the end of 2025. (you can watch my tribute video to my beautiful, smart, and wonderful mom at https://youtu.be/8uPlZEuZ7e8?si=WJ65yVdN7-LiXoAg )

Since I have been in business for 26 years, all of it online, there is a massive amount of data that did not get moved over in the 2 weeks I had to do it. I do not have plans to add things back. You can try the way back machine as sometimes the pages are still there. Unfortunately I had many website names over the 26 years and ran multiple blogs. That means I have a massive amount of data across several places and not everything was saved.

–If you encounter an ERROR PAGE – If you get a 404 page or any other type of error, use the SEARCH feature at the top right of my website. You can also check the wayback machine at https://web.archive.org/web/20250000000000*/ilovetomakequilts.com to find content that didn’t transfer during the move. Alternatively, you can search Google for ‘Pat Sloan’ followed by whatever you are looking for, that often will get you to an item.

OUT OF PRINT

– If you can not find something, then it is out of print. Like your favorite ice cream flavor that they don’t make anymore, it is just not available. The company won’t just produce one container of it for you, you have to find a new flavor. That is the way it is for my out of print Patterns, books and fabric lines. I own them, but if they are out of print, then you just need to find another project to do.

Articles – Below are all the articles I moved or have written recently, with the most current article at the top

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*** The Aurifil Project *** Our August Aurifil Designer of the Month is Nicholas Ball, an amazing quilter from Wales. He is using the gorgeous shimmer shades from our Capri Box of thread. My post today is tips on how to approach the block from my friend and fellow team member Carolina Assmussen https://www.carolinasmussen.com/ . […]

Block #6 – to Grill or not? What is the status of the grill at your house? Is it a big thing is sometimes or do you never grill? How about on a picnic, is the grill mandatory? Tip: watch the video for pressing directions and alternate colors Fabric: I'm using a bundle of Golden […]

Block #5 – Brownies and Cake! I think every picnic has an amazing spread of desserts and we have to try all of them. I tend to be a chocolate lover when it comes to desserts so my go to are brownies (with nuts) and Mississippi mud cake Tip: watch the video for pressing directions […]

Another block Wednesday on Tuesday. I was doing the July calendar after I broke my wrists, so I think maybe I was in a bit of a fog. We'll keep it to the calendar schedule for July 😍 Block #4 – Hot Dogs and Hamburgers.. Yum! I can't  have a picnic without hamburgers and hot […]

**** Button Club be well Buttons ***  It is so fun to design a project for the Fat Quarter Shop's Button Club. I like to have the buttons sit on my desk for awhile. That lets me find a fabric or a inspiration to start the pattern.  The setup buttons I really love the Buffalo […]

For some reason on the calendar I put block Wednesday on Tuesday… 🤦‍♂️. I was doing the July calendar after I broke my wrists, so I think maybe I was in a bit of a fog. We'll keep it to the calendar schedule for July 😍 Block #3 – the picnic basket you do need […]

***Bring home the Christmas tree Sew Along*** so many of us love this quilt that I knew we had to do a sew along ❤ Details: Runs August 28 to September 25 one row a week and then a week to catch up and finish supply list for the quilt is downloaded below large image […]

Block #2 – Best Potato Salad ' going on a picnic' does require food! I'm kicking off what does search for the best potato salad recipe. Does your family have sides on this?  Do you like it really chunky with tons of things in it? Or do you prefer it more pure with less?  Mayo? […]

** Block #1** When I hear ‘Lets Go on a Picnic’ the first thing I think of is what type? Is it a family reunion? A gathering after a game? A company picnic? Will it be a small gathering or do we need to reserve a pavilion for all the people? My favorite picnic memories […]

I'm so excited to release our July Quilt Calendar of projects and challenges Details : sew along are listed no videos on Sunday I'm taking a video break for a few days right after my surgery  ********* Join me at Youtube! *******  FREE Subscription to my youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/PatSloan And click the BELL afterward to get notices! […]

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