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*** Charming Baby Quilt Along Week #4  ***

We are are week 4 of this sampler and I am loving all your blcks! Who did you make one of your first quilts for? Many us made them for a baby! My friend Melissa Corry wrote this awesome new book 'Charming Baby' quilts where all the quilts start with charm packs, so fun!

*** In this Post  ***

• My blocks
• Directions to tell you want in the book you need to make
• The Rosie block has a kit available to make like the book!
• My sampler put together!  I know its early, but i ...

****  Magical Quilty May! ***

Announcing today!

• Our Magical Quilty May Challenge Calendar
• May Daily sew along (hint.. get out your rainbow colors!)
• One Day Charity Sew Along
• Jolly Bar Sew Along - It's a row quilt!!
• May Cross stitch Mystery!

I had so much fun reviewing all then names you came up with for May and what I decided is that May should be 'Magical'!  

And following this is my Bonus quilt will sew blocks for each day... woohoo!

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Download Pat Sloan's Magical Quilty May Calendar

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****  May Daily Sew Along  ***

I've always wanted to ...

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In This Show - Aired at 8:30pm eastern 4/27/2020

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** Fireside chat topics ** 

• Video has April Challenge #27, show me your EPP!
• Project updates
• GOODIES bag giveaway at the end
• Download the MAY Calendar & Project at https://blog.patsloan.com/2020/04/announcing-the-magical-quilt-may-calendar-and-so-much-more.html 
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*** Inspired by Hope  ***

I've been so inspired by the Messages of Hope that the people of Italy have been hanging on their balconies and putting in the windows... Rainbows!  This is to let their neighbors and friends know they are ok. And to give hope during this crazy pandemic.  You can see some of the banners at https://gulfnews.com/world/europe/art-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-children-in-italy-turn-to-art-to-cope-with-quarantine-1.1584259948710

My wonderful friends at Aurifil Thread are  based in Italy so my heart has been thinking of them so much the last few months.  

Aurifil asked some of us to recreate the Rainbow banners with ...

*** Charming Baby Quilt Along Week #2  ***

Who did you make one of your first quilts for? Many us made them for a baby! My friend Melissa Corry wrote this awesome new book 'Charming Baby' quilts where all the quilts start with charm packs, so fun!

This is week #1 and we blocks from the first 2 quilts in the book to sew for our sampler

*** In this Post  ***

• My blocks
• Directions to tell you want in the book you need to make
• Link to the giveaway of the week.
• Photo of the sampler made up in different fabric than ...

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In This Show - Aired at 8:30pm eastern 4/20/2020

** Fireside chat topics ** 

Challenge #20 is on Color! . 

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• Project updates
• Download the April Calendar https://blog.patsloan.com/2020/03/download-the-april-calendar-free-stay-at-home-sew-along.html 
• Thank you for using my links, they support my small family business.
• Feeling like you missed something? Enter ...

If you are reading this in your email, there are not 1, not 2.. but 3 new posts today! If you are in your email scroll down to see them all.

*** The Project ***

Our April Aurifil Designer of the Month is from the super talented Carolina Asmussen.

My post today is how I approached the block.

Here is my version of Carolina's design. Go on over and read my interview for Aurifil's Designer of the Month Series!

• ***Enter your block at the Aurifil site for a chance to win a box of thread! ***
• My Interview and block ...

*** Charming Baby Quilt Along Week #2  ***

Who did you make one of your first quilts for? Many us made them for a baby! My friend Melissa Corry wrote this awesome new book 'Charming Baby' quilts where all the quilts start with charm packs, so fun!

This is week #1 and we blocks from the first 2 quilts in the book to sew for our sampler

*** In this Post  ***

• My blocks
• Directions to tell you want in the book you need to make
• Link to the giveaway of the week.
• Photo of the sampler made up in different fabric than ...

*** Bloom-Topia ***

This is such a gorgeous block from the Charity Quilt Along! I think I'd make a full quilt of them!

Here is what you'll find below on the 1st and the 15th of each month until we finish:

• My blocks each week
• See a mock up of my blocks together
• My cross stitch progress on the Bloom-topia Cross stitch, it's so cute!
• AT THE END is the link to donate & to download the Bloom-topia patterns.  There is a video too for making the block

*** Bloom-Topia ***

I really feel this dark fabric in these positions in the ...

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In This Show - Aired at 8:30pm eastern 4/13/2020

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** Fireside chat topics ** 

I had so much fun talking about how to use Orphan blocks! This is my birthday quilt. You can use the same concept to set a wide variety of blocks. 

My Birthday Quilt posts https://blog.patsloan ...

*** Taking our Pulse ***

How are you friend? 

I thought it was worth repeating today my 'Let It Go!' Daily challenge. Because it's good to take a pause and be sure we are on the right track with things. Not getting to crazy.  It's good to hit the reset button too and just breath a bit.  

Life is upside down for so many right now.... actually for most of us. Even if your area has few virus cases, you are still needing to change most of how you operate in order to not transmit and to be safe. 

So ...

*** Charming Baby Quilt Along Week #1 ***

Who did you make one of your first quilts for? Many us made them for a baby! My friend Melissa Corry wrote this awesome new book 'Charming Baby' quilts where all the quilts start with charm packs, so fun!

This is week #1 and we blocks from the first 2 quilts in the book to sew for our sampler

In this Post

• My blocks
• Directions to tell you want in the book you need to make
• Link to the giveaway of the week.
• Photo of the sampler made up in different fabric than mine ...

*** Farm Girl Vintage book Review ***

This is SUCH a great book by my friend Lori Holt!  The book includes so much more than the blocks for the quilt on the cover.

I decided to make this pieced block. 

Some features of the book:

• Each block comes with 2 sizes
• Sampler layout
• Additional sampler layouts
• Other projects.. see blow 

Farm Girl Vintage 2 Book https://shrsl.com/279a2

At the End is the list of all the designers for the FB live Trunk Shows!

*** Farm Girl Vintage book Inside ***

This is one I really want to try!  

The key is getting ...

*** It's a Wrap!- Drive Down Lane Sew Along ***

Happy Friday! Today I have a few things.. let's get to it!

Bonnie Lane  - It's a wrap! Thank you for sewing along! I love sewing this with you for a 2nd time.  it was so much fun!! 

(ps.. Photo take last summer)

Goodies - Pattern & My applique tools

• PATTERN  - Drive Down Bonnie Lane Pattern - http://shrsl.com/21lh9 
• Applique Book http://shrsl.com/23352
• Scissors I love https://shrsl.com/26d1a
• Heat n Bond Lite - tube, bolt or box! https://amzn.to/3a8pcgz
• Aurifil thread - http://shrsl.com/1wtli
• My ...

*** Bloom-Topia ***

I lOVE this tulip block from the Charity Quilt Along!

Here is what you'll find below on the 1st and the 15th of each month until we finish:

• My blocks each week
• Tip or Bonus or Butterfly blocks (this week is my final FREE BIG BIRD quilt!!) 
• My cross stitch progress on the Bloom-topia Cross stitch, it's so cute!
• AT THE END is the link to donate & to download the Bloom-topia patterns.  There is a video too for making the block

*** Bloom-Topia 2 version ***

Here are my blocks and the blocks made with the kit

You can ...

Today I have 2 things.....

Out West a Day early, and A fun Designer Trunk show event!

I was invited to another fun event, this time at Facebook! From April 1 to April 10 a group of us will be doing  15 minute 'Show & Tell' trunk shows about our quilts LIVE!  So if you are on Facebook check my Facebook page each day for the list. 

At the end is the List of designers for the first 5 days!

*** PLEASE READ ***

There is a small change to the Out West Sew along. The whole thing will be here at my ...

*** LOOKING for my Monday Night Fireside Chat? ***
GO TO https://blog.patsloan.com/2020/03/join-me-for-monday-night-fireside-chat-and-challenge-30.html

If you are joining me from the Shop tour, thank you for stopping in!!!  I hope you will join my sew alongs and my online community

Today I have a FREE Pattern for you down below, My Traffic Jam. 

• Sign up for my sew along notices
• Join my Online Quilt community!
• Scroll to the end for the list of Designers to visit today!

*** Traffic Jam  ***

This size is the free version of my Traffic jam AT THE END

Today I'm super excited ...

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** Designer Tour ** 

If you are joining me from the Shop tour, thank you for stopping in!!! 

• Join my next sewalong April 8!! CLICK AND enter your email
• Come join me at my Online Quilt community where there is a quilt show every day!
• Watch my Videos too!
• Go to the end for the list of Designers in today's tour!

** Fireside chat ...

When the Corona virus hit in this winter and we all started at stay at home to keep it from spreading, I wanted to do something fun to keep connected to everyone.

On March 1st I started 'Crazy Quilty March'.  A daily video challenge at my Youtube Channel.  It has been so much fun .. and we are still at home.. I'm doing it again for April! 

(oppss... sorry the very end got cut off.. I didn't realize that.. i'm working with a new camera)

• Ruby Society Bundle https://shrsl.com/26te5
• Safari Fabric https://shrsl.com/26kz0 ...

If you are joining me from the Shop tour, thank you for stopping in!!!  I hope you will join my sew alongs and my online community

Today I have a FREE Pattern for you down below, My Traffic Jam. 

• Sign up for my sew along notices
• Join my Online Quilt community!
• Scroll to the end for the list of Designers to visit today!

*** Traffic Jam  ***

This size is the free version of my Traffic jam AT THE END

Today I'm super excited to offer a pattern upgrade for $5.00

to have 3 more sizes to use up all ...