*** The Shows! ***
SHOW TIME - Listen live Mondays at 4:00pm EST.
Shows are all to the right and you listen online or download!
*** Itunes download
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=351680489***
January
- Jan 18 - Lynda and Nancy of The Great American Quilt Factory. Since my word of the YEAR is Possibility they MUST come chat with me... besides they are pretty cool and fun girls! We learned how they got started in the business, what fun things they do to keep creative, what Nancy makes non stop and tips on making awesome Pineapple blocks! Their Website - http://www.greatamericanquilt.com/
- Jan 25 - The FAMOUS Bonnie Hunter who so many love for her creative pieced quilts and 'use it up' theories! My interview with Bonnie is available to listen to. Learn about her scrap methods, how she pics a thread color for machine quilting and we had a call in segment! Her Website = http://quiltville.com/
February
- Feb 1 - Heidi Kaisand from APQS to talk machine quilting.. this is going to be SO GOOD!
- Feb 8 - Cheryl Johnson of Leisure Arts publications... get your questions ready for Cheryl!
- Feb 15 - The Dynamic duo of Liz Hawkins and Beth Hawkins... you have GOT to hear how I meet them and you are going to love them as much as I do!
*** Find Pat on the Web ***
www.patsloan.com Website
www.quiltmashup.com Quilt Forum
www.twitter.com/QuilterPatSloan
***Pat's Background***
Pat has a quilting business as a profession, but her creativity and interests have no bounds! She has tried her hand at making almost everything you can think of, and does many crafts to keep her inspired to create. What makes Pat most happy is to inspire others to be creative every day!
The shows topics are all about the questions people ask Pat on Facebook, at forums, at shows, and in her travels. Things like...
- How do I be, get, and stay creative with the busy life I lead?
- The technical ins and outs on a specific craft. You may learn how and why to use different thread weights. Or learn how to find the yarn for a certain type of project.
- How do I get organized and store my stuff?
- And we'll explore specific areas within a craft. What exactly IS longarm quilting and why might you want to do it?
Guests who live all types of creative lives will share with us! The weekly topics are going to be so exciting and motivating, you'll be firing up your sewing machine, getting out your paper and paint, or hunting for that crochet hook in no time!
Pat Sloan has been creating since she was a child. Some of us have a need to make things and Pat is one of those people. From the first shoebox dioramas to sketches for a fabric line, there has always been creative energy flowing.
Her 'first' professional life was working with computers as a programmer for various companies, eventually moving into project management. At about the age of 40 Pat decided there might be something else out there for her and she went looking for it.
Back in about 1985 she tried quilting and has never looked back. As a child Pat made doll clothing by hand for her Barbie's, had a sewing machine at about the age of 14 and sewed lots of clothing until she found quilts. Quilts opened a whole new creative fiber outlet that is still exciting and challenging to this day.
Quilting allows Pat to work in fiber, which is her favorite thing to create with. So when she took the lead to build her own design firm she went with the quilting industry she had grown to love. Writing books and patterns for others to use soon was followed by traveling to teach and lecture. Rounding out her resume are fabric lines and working with several manufacturers on promoting the products she loves!
But all in all Pat loves to motivate others to FEEL creative. There was a point when she did a lot of management work in the computer field and was not making anything. This did not make for a happy camper! Once she realized what the problem was, creativing never left her side.
With the opening up of the internet and its communities, Pat has built strong groups first at yahoo, now at her forum and on Facebook. She even started the 'Quilters in Second Life' .. a group for quilters in that virtual world!
Besides working with fiber, Pat loves to learn and meet people in all fields.. she often takes workshops outside her field of quilting to be inspired by others... like beading, painting, and playing with paper.
In the Quilt World Pat has published over 20 books, over 100 patterns, has her work published in all the major Quilt magazines, and to date has over 8 fabric lines.
In 2000 Pat's designs became so popular that she and her husband Gregg formed a design and publishing company called Pat Sloan & Co, which has been their full time family business.
Along with her wonderful husband and business partner are 9 nieces and nephews Pat loves to connect with!
www.patsloan.com Website
www.quiltmashup.com Quilt Forum
www.twitter.com/QuilterPatSloan