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What an exciting day it was when I got the invite to do one of the OLFA/Aurifil Slice and stitch Challenges! 

If we are just meeting, I’m Author and Quilt Designer Pat Sloan. My projects are always fun and easy to do, and I toss in a bit of my simple applique every so often. I’ve been using OLFA products since I started to quilt. I believed my beginning quilt teacher when she said to buy the best, so I did!

BE SURE to see the LINKS at the end for the GIVEAWAYS!!!

If you are ...

**** Crazy Quilty March - Challenge 21 ***

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!

• Sign up for my sew along notices
• Join my Online Quilt community!
• DOWNLOAD My Calendar at https://blog.patsloan.com/2020/02/a-crazy-quilty-march-reveal.html

For Crazy Quilty March Challenge 21 is to Sew on International Quilt Day!

** What's below:

• Scrap Happy Little Wishes Block download - Make this block or sew on a project you want to do
• Designer Shop Hop - Get the first List to hop today!
• Hang ...

** Challenge 17 **For Crazy Quilty March Challenge 17 we are ALL a little Irish!  

• I made up this little block that my Friend Jane Davidson Designed for our Splendid Sampler book.
• Download it below and see the block in repeat for some cute Ideas Jane cooked up!
• This block will use up some scraps, and if you make several of them like the mock up below you can get a cute quilt!
• Our Challenge today is to make this block! I'll be quilting mine and putting binding on for a mug rug, do you think Gregg needs one?

** Goodies ...

** Crazy Quilty March Is Underway! **

Do you need to catch up?

• A video everyday - Watch at  www.youtube.com/user/PatSloan 
• Download your calendar below
• check off each day
• at the end of the month you'll share your photo for a mystery prize!
• AND I'm going to do this again in April!

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Download Pat sloan Crazy quilty March Calendar

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Now onto the next section of our Charity Sew along, Bloom-Topia!

*** Bloom-Topia ***

I've partnered with The Fat Quarter shop to sew along to make Bloom-Topia to support Make a Wish.

Here is what you'll find below on ...

** Crazy Quilty March Kick off! **

I'm so excited for MARCH!!  It's quilt month and I'm kicking off my first annual Crazy Quilty March event!

• A video everyday
• Download your calendar below
• check off each day
• at the end of the month you'll share your photo for a mystery prize!

Goodies in the Video

• Rolling Assistants http://shrsl.com/2393n
• My Shamrock Tshirt https://amzn.to/2Tbo4Ty
• Social tote my friend made me https://carolynfriedlander.com/shop/s...
• Heart Quilt - my heart block from Splendid Sampler 1 which is on sale for 34% off at http://shrsl ...

** Pat's Crazy Quilty March Event! ** 

What better way to spend our 'bonus' day of the year, Feb 29, than to kick off something FUN!! 

And What is this you ask... GREAT Question! Let me tell you my crazy plan

** I hope you won't un-follow me! ** 

I've seen lots of groups do fun March Challenges

So here is what I decided on.. and I hope you stick with me and don't un-follow!  Watch my video above for when I posted about the idea.

Details:

• Each day in March.. which has 31 days.. even if you hear me ...

First.. be sure you watched my fireside chat and entered by giveaway

Go go https://blog.patsloan.com/2020/02/do-your-quilt-borders-ever-wave-how-to-fix-that-today.html

** Button Club FREE Pattern **

I've been designing patterns to use the Fat Quarter Shop's button club for several years now. I love doing small projects to showcase the buttons!

This month we have a darling box with little letters for FROST and it has a penguin, snowman, stars, moon and a polar bear button!  It's a lot of fun for me to come up with a cute design to show off the buttons. 

FROST BOX ...

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!

We are going to have a sew along to make a sampler quilt using the one or a couple of blocks from each quilt. This is a fantastic way to try the blocks and you'll have a quilt when done! See below for the layout and fabric I'm using

In this Post

• Sampler
• Supply List
• Fabric I'm using ...

*** Bonnie Lane Sew Along Assignments ***

In this post

1. Table Topper/Baby Quilt using the table runner kit!
   1. So many people asked me to run a small Sew Along with my Bonnie Lane fabric. So we'll use the Table runner kit but this time make it as a 2 x 2 setting using the kit backing as a border! 
   2. JOIN IN, details are next!
2. Drive Down Bonnie Lane The Big White House (above)
   1. Piece the Mini Quilts Tutorial
   2. Bonus Mini Quilt Pattern to Download 
3. Glow
   1. Just a very few kits available 
4. Share your Bonnie Lane quilt progress photos at the ...

As our Aurifil Design team is creating blocks during the year, I'm mulling over how to set them. Each year my job is to create a setting to show off the blocks. With our wonderful red and white blocks I decided to create the center unit Then I made 8 star blocks centering this super fun fabric from my collection.

The quilting will be done by the amazing Karen Miller of Redbird Quilt Co, we can't wait to see her magic! I hope you enjoy this setting, it creates a nice size lap quilt!

*** If you are missing ...

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The Charity Sew Along Quilt Kits are available!

*** Charity Sew Along *** 

This is my 5th year working with the Fat Quarter shop and Moda Fabric on the Charity quilt along. It is such an honor to work with them to raise funds for a chairty.  hope you'll join us as we sew the Bloom-Topia Quilt which is benefiting Make-A-Wish Central & South Texas. Make-A-Wish Central & South Texas grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions ...

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*** In This Show - Aired at 8:30pm eastern 1/6/2020 ***

• How do you track your projects in a planner?
• Some discussion on Fleece
• Fast tips for my Traffic Jam Pattern
• Tool Talk with a video!
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In this article... UFO busting, Planners,  Kitchen Adventures, some goodies I got!

PLUS be sure you entered my New Years Day Giveaway HERE

*** UFO BUSTING *** 

I got the binding on my Christmas Houses!!

These are block #1 from my Merry & Bright Sew Along

I am so excited to have this, even if it's after Christmas. I'll put it in my pile of Christmas quilts.

I did the planning of fabrics:

• Windows are all Different
• Doors all the same
• A variety of red prints
• And a variety of green prints

*** my FREE PATTERN Merry & Bright Sew Along

*** Making a ...

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** Our West!  Free Block of the Month! ** 

Are you ready for another FUN Mystery Block of the month? My "Out West!' sew aIong is free, so join in!

Block #1 is about Western Movies, because that will let us become totally immersed in the West. Pick a new movie, and old movie, a favorite, or one you've never seen. Watch and sew up Block #1.

Details:

• My 7th ...

** FIRST.. If you didn't hear ** 

• I have more Out West! kits for my FREE 2020 Mystery BOM
• Out West Sew Along Details 
• DOWNLOAD the my FUN 3 week Scrap Busting Sew along, it starts Jan 1, 2020!
• Jan 22 Starts Childhood Games, details will be available first week in Jan 
• Did you Enter Monday's giveaway? No? CLICK HERE

Article continues below these Amazon Goodies

** My NEW FREE pattern Christmas Table Runner ** 

What happens when you can't find your table runner and you are a quilter?

You make a new one!  Download my zig zag table runner below ...