::Linen Pants I”m wearing in size XL they are loose fitting amzn.to/3LbfwX3 ::Small rolling cart comes in 3 colors on SALE as of filming amzn.to/3KPiWOH ::Barn Star book shrsl.com/4kxhc ::Pink Flamingo pattern amzn.to/4bctm63 ::Liberty Box shrsl.com/4kt69 ::Printed labels shrsl.com/4kxhg ::Label Panels shrsl.com/4kxhi ::Will you be my Neighbor Quilt www.ilovetomakequilts.com/will-you-be-my-neighbor-block-page.html ::Butterfly quilt pattern www.ilovetomakequilts.com/sewcialites-quilt-along.html So far this year I have donated 62 quilts to Charity. My Gallery blog.patsloan.com/pat-sloans-quilt-gallery.html The last 10 went to the Church of the Brethren for their big annual auction where all the funding goes to disaster relief work. They will send groups for cleanup, for rebuilding, and for support. One support function sets up day care right after the disaster so the children can be watched while the parents are dealing with things. www.brethren.org/bdm/
You do NOT look frumpy, or otherwise in those pants. Comfortable is my watchword these days, and I would be tempted to choose frumpy over stylish if that were necessary! But the navy color transmits "slim" with the camera!! And it looks lovely with your 'riviera' shirt. And if all that didn't convince you, we love you no matter what you look like! You give so much happiness in our quilting world! Thanks Pat!
This was the year that I had to take control and create my future quilt lists because my closet of fabrics and projects was overflowing and I was stuffing more in it. I think I was afraid to know the exact number of potential projects versus stash, and be overwhelmed. Well it wasn’t so bad. I created different lists on different coloured index cards and posted them above my sewing work space. I also decided that there were some projects I was no longer interested in. I organized each project into plastic bins like the ones you use. List categories: projects in progress, projects for 2024, baby projects, potential projects. This has helped me keep things in check, and ask myself if I can realistically add another project within my lifetime with of all the other things I want to do. Some fabric still sneaks into the closet 🤫😄
Like you, Pat, I have "800" quilt patterns on my "want to make" list. I get inspired, order the pattern. By the time the pattern arrives, I'm inspired again. Lots of times I will just simply start one, like your "Crush" quilt, which I am almost finished. Next thing I know, I have yet another one started. Watch videos, new designs, inspired again. You are right. Can't make them all, but, I keep dreaming of quilts. LOL!
As makers, we hate to waste. I admire your fugleness in using scraps for things like the yellow blocks and the churn dash. You have so many great projects in progress and on "your list" to do and there is only so much time. I would let the blocks go to charity and would think of it as using some helpers to make someone in need a great quilt. Di
I make all of my quilt labels on the embroidery machine. Sometimes I stitch them out directly on the backing. They always include quite a bit of detail including what I named the quilt (I name all of theml), who the quilt was made for, when it was made, that it was made by me, and often details about the fabric. On another note, OMG! I have a terrible problem with jotting notes of all kinds on pieces of paper and then I end up with all kinds of notes everywhere. I need to find a way to get a better handle on it. And, yes, I have many, many projects in the works along with many other projects that I would like to do, and am always open to new projects. Now, if I live to be about 238 years old, completing all of these projects shouldn't be a problem.
Thanks for the reminder to stop and see what we're spending our time on! It's easy to make a quilt top just to use up a jelly roll, for instance, or from scraps, when what we really love is another project altogether that we don't get to.
You look great in the linen pants! I find that looser pants are much more flattering (and slimming) than leggings, skinny jeans, etc. on most body shapes. Your Barn Star quilt looks fabulous! I love watching how you combine the different fabrics. Although I may not always see your vision at first, the final product is always perfect!
Thank you for sharing that you have lists of I want to do. I’m sorting through mine and giving away some fabric and starts. Thanks for encouraging all of us.
Love your positivism. There is so much I would love to accomplish but also need to realize that each project takes time. I also need to start determining what will be worked on and what will be donated. It's so hard because fabric seems to follow me home!
I use a simple composition book to write down all my UFOs (one per page) and also have a page for a list of beautiful precuts for which I don’t have a project yet. This helps me identify which UFOs are closest to being done so I tell myself I have to finish 3 UFOs before starting a new project without guilty feelings 😂. I use a binder with sheet protectors for patterns - the ones I’ve already made are separated from the ones I’d like to make. Occasionally I’ll let them go to new homes! Love your show, you are encouraging, fun and have an adorable personality!
I am a returned quilter from days gone by so I don't have a stash to use to make quilts. But, I do have a passion for patterns. I now have 2 small bins of patterns I love but no fabric to make them with. At 76, it would take a lottery win to do all I would love to do. 😂 I love to see everyone's choice of fabrics and how great they all turn out. Enjoy this show!
Love your barn star quilt. It is an accomplishment. Shows your talent to interpret colors. Thank you for showing. Bet it wasn't easy to put on clothsline.😊
I really like your barn star quilt, enjoy using it on your bed. I have a drawer for my labels as I have several of the iron on label books, I do my label at the same time I do my backing fabric, and attach it to the backing so that it gets quilted into the quilt. My list of quilt projects I want to make .......squirrel.....oh new pattern, I have to make it now. 🤣
I came to quilting from garment making. I also dabble in jewelry. I had to remake my list every time an emergency came up ( baby, retirement, etc!!!). So, now I put my projects on index cards. I can add the things I want to do, and easily change the order of desired completion. When I'm really feeling organized, each type of project gets a different color index card. I have UFO's in boxes in a store room. I can just look in my recipe box and save a trip to the storage room to see what I want to do next.
I love wearing linen pants in the summer time and have several pair. Comfy over glamour is a real thing. I chuckle when you describe how your creative, quilty brain floats from what you want to accomplish to what is inspiring you in the moment. I get that. And, as long as you are having fun, it all good. Have a lovely day.
The shoe fly blocks just came alive with that deeper blue! I can picture it 5x5 rows over the back of your couch for a summer theme. You know us quilters too many ideas 😂 Which makes me ask the question why aren't you making stuff from your list?😉 The Church of the Brethren hand quilt! Awesome ❤ I have been working on blocks I like, that match up with fabric I have already as it's great shopping ones own stash! ☺️🩷
I love the paradise blue!! I embroider my labels. I do keep a running list of quilts I want to make. I keep them on my phone. It’s so fun to cross them off when I’m done. There’s an inside joke in my family, they’ll say just add it to the list. Lol. My list is big but I’m happy!! ❤ Thanks for today. It was fun and you gave me a lot of good ideas.
Pat, I discovered the "Will you be my neighbour" pattern about 6 months ago. I have it on my 'to don't list. I love your fabric choices for this quilt ❤
Thank you Pat for the label challenge. I needed the little push. Also knew I had seen a tree pattern I liked, yes part of your Won’t you be my neighbor. Thank you ❤
Hi Pat. Loved seeing your finishes today. And your WIPS. So exciting that you connected to the church of the brethren. I am familiar with that church. When I lived in PA we lived beside and attended a brethren church. I remember the church ladies would always make peanut butter eggs around Easter time and sell them for different programs in the church. I know they do lots of good things and have many great outreach programs. Thank you for donating the quilts. Such an awesome gesture. 🧵♥️🪡
It's so easy to "fall into the rabbit hole" and make another project for ourselves. I did that after I finished my Perfect Picnic Quilt. I had 50 dark and 50 light 5" squares left over so I had to use them up and make 100 HST blocks. I'm almost finished sewing up the 10 x 10 grid of HST's. It'll be a great baby quilt size, but like you said, it wasn't really on my LIST. 🤣 Pat, your BARN STAR QUILT is lovely. I put that in all caps to catch other people's eye in case anyone wants to make it. The Barn Star pattern book is in the Deal of the Day today (6/20/24) at the Fat Quarter Shop for 55% off.
I made and excel worksheet several years ago with all the projects I want to do, and I put a completed date on them when finished. I look at it at the beginning of each year, and note the ones that I want to focus on for the year. This helps me focus, but doesn’t limit me to adding or doing things additional throughout the year. I also have the UFO’s on the list
I made a notes file on my iPad of all backings, of all panels, of all quilts I want to make, anytime I buy a panel, or new piece of several pieces that will go on one quilt, I add it to the file list. Occasionally I look at the list and decide what I may want to make the following year or the next few months. Sometimes I just want to make something simple so I pick that to do, or one I am dying to see made up…. I find the list is great.
Totally in love with your new bed quilt. I bemoan the space that I have but your quilt tours show me in many ways I am lucky to live with my housebound mom. I have the upstairs to myself. At my own house the husband hates my 'junk' as he describes all my stuff. He's colour blind so has no appreciation of what we all do. Thanks for your videos and best wishes both.
I love to think about how I want to spend my time. My Mother in law always said ‘go where the energy takes you” and this is a for sure when you get a certain age!!! I like to consider how I can off load other things that I don’t really want to do to someone else or hire it done!!
Love the darker blue fabric with the shoefly blocks, I personally would have the put it together. The barn star quilt, amazing and it’s on my list of quilts I want to do. Thanks for sharing. 👍❤️🙂
The loose linen pants are a lifesaver here in the desert. I have several pairs I wear in the summer. My husband calls them my “happy pants”. I agree they are a bit dumpy looking but the dark color ones look great on you.
I have a Creative Ideas list in my phone that I add to as I see things I want to make (you are mentioned there several times 😂). Once a year I review and add to my annual plan, anything that really grabs me! I shoot for one a month!
Cute pants! I keep an Excel spreadsheet with a tab for each year, and make a list of quilts and the working status of each one, and a list of quilts I want to make. The list constantly changes; I add more all the time and often I look at one and think "why did I want to make that?" and take it off. LOL
This year I decided if the project had a name of a person attached to it then it needed to always be a priority. My goal was to get these gathered in June. I had better get on it! Some are started, but some are sitting waiting for my attention. Writing them down is a great idea!
You are talking to me today! My problem is setting priorities. I have so many projects to do and yet I find myself making tops that aren't even on my list! I get side-tracked all the time. Help
Pat, I had the same dilemma last year deciding on which projects to work on. I thought I had resolved it. The same dilemma has arisen again just last month. Fortunately, I belong to a guild and can pass on unfinished/unwanted projects. I enjoy the process but don't need more quilts, so I am happy someone else can use them.
They look really comfy!! If they are linen, thow those suckers in the dryer for a few minutes after you wash them and they will shrink! I'm wearing a very loose sundress !!😊
Capris: I totally get it! In the summer heat, I prefer loose capris! I think you look great! It's challenging when you order clothing according to your measurements, and when you try them on it feels too big.
Nice label reminder, as soon as a finish a top, I have begun to cut the binding and make a label and store it all together, and sometimes when I take it out to quilt it, I am surprised how long ago the date on the label is when I made it lol, such is a quilters life, have a nice weekend.
Happy Summer. ☀️ Your Barn Star is quilt is beautiful and I can imagine looks wonderful on your bed. I am still working on mine, it is a long term project for me. You don’t look frumpy in your summer pants, and they look comfortable.
I usually pick 3 major bucket list projects for the year and then add other things that pop up. Sometimes I get all the big ones done that year, sometimes they carry over.
Love your Barn Star Quilt! So beautiful! This year I bought a journal to write down the projects I am making and also ideas of quilts I want to make. Plus I have a Pinterest board of quilt ideas as well.
So many quilts, so little time! 😂 I might have to make a scrappy shoo fly or churn dash my next leader and ender project-I love that on point two block layout you put up on your board! If you have a Costco membership, they have some similar inexpensive linen/cotton blend pants in a summery blue and white vertical stripe and a black with a white or off white stripey pattern. I need to order some labels that include care instructions-I have either skipped labels altogether or hand written some that don’t look as nice as I would like.
Label making? Yes, please. I have been a label maker from way back, ever since I took a class from Susan McKelvey. Her labels were very 'Victorian' and pretty. My style evolved over time and I do most of mine either for Quilts of Valor (so red, white and blue) or for children through Project Linus. Years ago I bought a bunch of Kim Churbuck's Label Making Books. The themes have a lot of focus on ones appropriate for children, so you copy the lines over a light box and then lightly color in with Pigma pens. Satisfies my 'inner child creativity" . There is a rectangle or square of blank area for including the written information about the quilt. So storing all of those supplies requires the big double size Art Box storage container.
I have about 25 quilts, big and small and i have yet to label them. I don't write as well as i would like. I'm from Idaho and really enjoy your utube channel. Always looking for new information. Thank you Pat Sharon
I understand completely. Yesterday I put together a scrap quilt and was tired of it. I cut the border and binding.. stuck it all in a bag and put it in a UFO box
I got three quilts bound this weekend. It is so satisfying and exciting when they are done and binding isn’t difficult. The problem is the wrestling with the weight of the quilt and managing the twists and turns that develop in the quilt.
Hi Pat! Your Barnstar quilt is so beautiful! And yes I too make lists! So many lists! And even though I get to cross some off because I actually made the quilt yet it seems 3 more get added ( or more!) Love your videos❤️
I have already met your label box challenge from the last time you showed it. My box is about the same size and has quilt patterns on it from Whoopie pies at the tractor store. I also keep some freezer paper to iron onto the backs to stabilize the label as I’m writing on it. Always enjoy you, Pat.😊
@@lorriemcdonnell7027I'm originally from London so I know and love Stratford! Worked at the Festival for 2 seasons. Also one of my favorite Quilt shops there, Ye Ole Quilt Shop ❤😊
I love your quilts and your top from Chicos. You might like Tencel fabric pants. Chicos has several styles and the ones I have look like jeans, but the fabric is very light similar to a linen blend.
Pat, you look lovely in your shirt and your new pants. I'm happy that the loose pants are back in style, but getting the right size is the trick. No matter...you do not look dumpy! You are so funny and I enjoy your daily videos.
Your Barn Star Quilt is gorgeous! I also love the Won't you be my Neighbor quilt. I'm thinking about starting that one . BTW you do not look frumpy inn your new pants. Hope you and Greg have a nice summer weekend! Happy stitching
I am more mindful about what I start this year! With so many UFO’s to finish should I really start another quilt (or 2 or 3)?!! I’ve learned that block of the month quilt alongs (usually a mystery) will most likely end up as a UFO! Even the block Wednesday quilt alongs are hard to keep up with and finish! So I’ve made so guidelines for this year - 1) I either finish the UFO or I let it go! 2) If I start a quilt I finish it before starting another one!
::Linen Pants I”m wearing in size XL they are loose fitting amzn.to/3LbfwX3
::Small rolling cart comes in 3 colors on SALE as of filming amzn.to/3KPiWOH
::Barn Star book shrsl.com/4kxhc
::Pink Flamingo pattern amzn.to/4bctm63
::Liberty Box shrsl.com/4kt69
::Printed labels shrsl.com/4kxhg
::Label Panels shrsl.com/4kxhi
::Will you be my Neighbor Quilt www.ilovetomakequilts.com/will-you-be-my-neighbor-block-page.html
::Butterfly quilt pattern www.ilovetomakequilts.com/sewcialites-quilt-along.html
So far this year I have donated 62 quilts to Charity. My Gallery blog.patsloan.com/pat-sloans-quilt-gallery.html
The last 10 went to the Church of the Brethren for their big annual auction where all the funding goes to disaster relief work. They will send groups for cleanup, for rebuilding, and for support. One support function sets up day care right after the disaster so the children can be watched while the parents are dealing with things. www.brethren.org/bdm/
You do NOT look frumpy, or otherwise in those pants. Comfortable is my watchword these days, and I would be tempted to choose frumpy over stylish if that were necessary! But the navy color transmits "slim" with the camera!! And it looks lovely with your 'riviera' shirt. And if all that didn't convince you, we love you no matter what you look like! You give so much happiness in our quilting world! Thanks Pat!
I call my wish list WHIMs. “Works Happening in my Mind” I have this list in my quilting notebook/planner
I love that term!! Will have to share it with friends 😊😊
Immediately stealing this!! What a descriptive acronym!
This is great! I may have a few too many 😊
I love your phrase/ acronym WHIM. I have quilt, cross stitch, and other craft ideas always in my mind. Thanks for sharing.
Love that name! ❤
Label-making box/tin: that's a great idea!
Wow! Pat's Barnstar Quilt with the scrappy backgrounds is incredible! Love, LOVE, LOVE!!!
This was the year that I had to take control and create my future quilt lists because my closet of fabrics and projects was overflowing and I was stuffing more in it. I think I was afraid to know the exact number of potential projects versus stash, and be overwhelmed. Well it wasn’t so bad. I created different lists on different coloured index cards and posted them above my sewing work space. I also decided that there were some projects I was no longer interested in. I organized each project into plastic bins like the ones you use. List categories: projects in progress, projects for 2024, baby projects, potential projects. This has helped me keep things in check, and ask myself if I can realistically add another project within my lifetime with of all the other things I want to do. Some fabric still sneaks into the closet 🤫😄
I bet it took time but the end result will bless you when you are ready to start, finish, or kit up any project. Love the organization tip. ~Martha
"Who cannot love a big pink bird". Lol.
Like you, Pat, I have "800" quilt patterns on my "want to make" list. I get inspired, order the pattern. By the time the pattern arrives, I'm inspired again. Lots of times I will just simply start one, like your "Crush" quilt, which I am almost finished. Next thing I know, I have yet another one started. Watch videos, new designs, inspired again. You are right. Can't make them all, but, I keep dreaming of quilts. LOL!
Those projects. I have so many I want to make and new ones keep arriving. I swear they breed in the dark. X
When I heard the story of the loaves and fishes I was thinking quilting is like that! 😂❤
I love the triangle label concept.
As makers, we hate to waste. I admire your fugleness in using scraps for things like the yellow blocks and the churn dash. You have so many great projects in progress and on "your list" to do and there is only so much time. I would let the blocks go to charity and would think of it as using some helpers to make someone in need a great quilt. Di
Your Barn Star quilt turned out AMAZING! I love your Be My Neighbor quilt too! Thank you for sharing and making these videos. ♥️👏👏👏
Great show today. Excellent content as usual. Love starting my morning with you and Quilty friends.
I make all of my quilt labels on the embroidery machine. Sometimes I stitch them out directly on the backing. They always include quite a bit of detail including what I named the quilt (I name all of theml), who the quilt was made for, when it was made, that it was made by me, and often details about the fabric. On another note, OMG! I have a terrible problem with jotting notes of all kinds on pieces of paper and then I end up with all kinds of notes everywhere. I need to find a way to get a better handle on it. And, yes, I have many, many projects in the works along with many other projects that I would like to do, and am always open to new projects. Now, if I live to be about 238 years old, completing all of these projects shouldn't be a problem.
I thought your outfit looked very nice and I didn’t think the pants looked “dumpy” at all! You looked great. 😊
Oh, the darker blue is pretty. Better than the light blue.
Charity Yes! Our guild is frequently getting started projects to finish. Better than sitting in a closet somewhere.
Thanks for the reminder to stop and see what we're spending our time on! It's easy to make a quilt top just to use up a jelly roll, for instance, or from scraps, when what we really love is another project altogether that we don't get to.
You look great in the linen pants! I find that looser pants are much more flattering (and slimming) than leggings, skinny jeans, etc. on most body shapes.
Your Barn Star quilt looks fabulous! I love watching how you combine the different fabrics. Although I may not always see your vision at first, the final product is always perfect!
Thank you for sharing that you have lists of I want to do. I’m sorting through mine and giving away some fabric and starts.
Thanks for encouraging all of us.
Love your positivism. There is so much I would love to accomplish but also need to realize that each project takes time. I also need to start determining what will be worked on and what will be donated. It's so hard because fabric seems to follow me home!
I like the look and the style of the linen pants! Those shoo fly blocks are gorgeous.
I use a simple composition book to write down all my UFOs (one per page) and also have a page for a list of beautiful precuts for which I don’t have a project yet. This helps me identify which UFOs are closest to being done so I tell myself I have to finish 3 UFOs before starting a new project without guilty feelings 😂. I use a binder with sheet protectors for patterns - the ones I’ve already made are separated from the ones I’d like to make. Occasionally I’ll let them go to new homes! Love your show, you are encouraging, fun and have an adorable personality!
I love your will u b my neighbor quilt. So adorable.
I am a returned quilter from days gone by so I don't have a stash to use to make quilts. But, I do have a passion for patterns. I now have 2 small bins of patterns I love but no fabric to make them with. At 76, it would take a lottery win to do all I would love to do. 😂 I love to see everyone's choice of fabrics and how great they all turn out. Enjoy this show!
Your Barn Star quilt is gorgeous!!! I think donating your blocks to charity is a good idea, you will figure it out. Enjoy your weekend.🙂
That darker blue looks great. Made a big difference.
Goes either way for me. I make a list, but am also spur of the moment when I see something I would like to do right then and there.
The navy really makes those pieced blocks pop!
Would you be my neighbor is still one of my favorites.❤
I am a member of the Church of the Brethren and so appreciate your donation! Those quilts will raise a lot of money for disaster relief! ❤
Love your barn star quilt. It is an accomplishment. Shows your talent to interpret colors. Thank you for showing. Bet it wasn't easy to put on clothsline.😊
Love your butterfly quilt
Oh yeah where are the antenna? 🦋 I get that it's modern style but it still looks odd to me. No offense meant. 🙏🌸💞
Love your Barn Star quilt !!! Wow 🤩
Yeah I have a list and enough patterns no way I can finish before I die! And yet I am attracted to more😂
Your Barn Star is BEAUTIFUL!
Love the bright blue with the shoe fly blocks, and the navy would be great as an inner borded
Loved seeing your Barn Quilt outside, it is beautiful!
The Barn Star book is on sale at FQS so I might have to try it but it will definitely take me a while to get it done, but it is so gorgeous!
I am pretty sure I have at least 800 projects I want to do too!
I really like your barn star quilt, enjoy using it on your bed. I have a drawer for my labels as I have several of the iron on label books, I do my label at the same time I do my backing fabric, and attach it to the backing so that it gets quilted into the quilt. My list of quilt projects I want to make .......squirrel.....oh new pattern, I have to make it now. 🤣
Barn Star is fantastic! I ❤the shoofly blocks. I think it's the color combo: navy and gold with pops of color.
I came to quilting from garment making. I also dabble in jewelry. I had to remake my list every time an emergency came up ( baby, retirement, etc!!!).
So, now I put my projects on index cards. I can add the things I want to do, and easily change the order of desired completion.
When I'm really feeling organized, each type of project gets a different color index card.
I have UFO's in boxes in a store room. I can just look in my recipe box and save a trip to the storage room to see what I want to do next.
I keep a stack of patterns that I want to be next, but, new projects come in and take the forefront 🫣
I love wearing linen pants in the summer time and have several pair. Comfy over glamour is a real thing. I chuckle when you describe how your creative, quilty brain floats from what you want to accomplish to what is inspiring you in the moment. I get that. And, as long as you are having fun, it all good. Have a lovely day.
fun is the most important part!
The shoe fly blocks just came alive with that deeper blue! I can picture it 5x5 rows over the back of your couch for a summer theme. You know us quilters too many ideas 😂
Which makes me ask the question why aren't you making stuff from your list?😉 The Church of the Brethren hand quilt! Awesome ❤ I have been working on blocks I like, that match up with fabric I have already as it's great shopping ones own stash! ☺️🩷
we do have a lot of ideas! do you mean my 'some day list'? Because i am making other things .. like all quilters do
@@PatSloan yes your someday list! Possibly a new segment on your show 🩷😍🦋
Thanks for sharing 😊
I love the paradise blue!! I embroider my labels. I do keep a running list of quilts I want to make. I keep them on my phone. It’s so fun to cross them off when I’m done. There’s an inside joke in my family, they’ll say just add it to the list. Lol. My list is big but I’m happy!! ❤ Thanks for today. It was fun and you gave me a lot of good ideas.
I like the idea of having labels ready to go, but I usually use some of the leftover fabric from the quilt to make the label.
Pat, I discovered the "Will you be my neighbour" pattern about 6 months ago. I have it on my 'to don't list. I love your fabric choices for this quilt ❤
I so appreciate your perspective about your list! It was really helpful!
Thank you Pat for the label challenge. I needed the little push. Also knew I had seen a tree pattern I liked, yes part of your Won’t you be my neighbor. Thank you ❤
I absolutely love your top. That is my style with the 3/4 length sleeves. LOVE them.
Hi Pat. Loved seeing your finishes today. And your WIPS. So exciting that you connected to the church of the brethren. I am familiar with that church. When I lived in PA we lived beside and attended a brethren church. I remember the church ladies would always make peanut butter eggs around Easter time and sell them for different programs in the church. I know they do lots of good things and have many great outreach programs. Thank you for donating the quilts. Such an awesome gesture. 🧵♥️🪡
It's so easy to "fall into the rabbit hole" and make another project for ourselves. I did that after I finished my Perfect Picnic Quilt. I had 50 dark and 50 light 5" squares left over so I had to use them up and make 100 HST blocks. I'm almost finished sewing up the 10 x 10 grid of HST's. It'll be a great baby quilt size, but like you said, it wasn't really on my LIST. 🤣
Pat, your BARN STAR QUILT is lovely. I put that in all caps to catch other people's eye in case anyone wants to make it. The Barn Star pattern book is in the Deal of the Day today (6/20/24) at the Fat Quarter Shop for 55% off.
Your Barnstar quilt is gorgeous! I just love it! And I agree keep the ants 🐜 out of the house!!❤
I made and excel worksheet several years ago with all the projects I want to do, and I put a completed date on them when finished. I look at it at the beginning of each year, and note the ones that I want to focus on for the year. This helps me focus, but doesn’t limit me to adding or doing things additional throughout the year. I also have the UFO’s on the list
I made a notes file on my iPad of all backings, of all panels, of all quilts I want to make, anytime I buy a panel, or new piece of several pieces that will go on one quilt, I add it to the file list. Occasionally I look at the list and decide what I may want to make the following year or the next few months. Sometimes I just want to make something simple so I pick that to do, or one I am dying to see made up…. I find the list is great.
Totally in love with your new bed quilt.
I bemoan the space that I have but your quilt tours show me in many ways I am lucky to live with my housebound mom. I have the upstairs to myself. At my own house the husband hates my 'junk' as he describes all my stuff. He's colour blind so has no appreciation of what we all do.
Thanks for your videos and best wishes both.
I love to think about how I want to spend my time. My Mother in law always said ‘go where the energy takes you” and this is a for sure when you get a certain age!!!
I like to consider how I can off load other things that I don’t really want to do to someone else or hire it done!!
Love the darker blue fabric with the shoefly blocks, I personally would have the put it together. The barn star quilt, amazing and it’s on my list of quilts I want to do. Thanks for sharing. 👍❤️🙂
The linen pants look great on you.
I'm going to order some too. Thanks.
The loose linen pants are a lifesaver here in the desert. I have several pairs I wear in the summer. My husband calls them my “happy pants”. I agree they are a bit dumpy looking but the dark color ones look great on you.
I have a Thomas Kindade tin that I keep my labels in. Love it.
I have a Creative Ideas list in my phone that I add to as I see things I want to make (you are mentioned there several times 😂). Once a year I review and add to my annual plan, anything that really grabs me! I shoot for one a month!
Cute pants! I keep an Excel spreadsheet with a tab for each year, and make a list of quilts and the working status of each one, and a list of quilts I want to make. The list constantly changes; I add more all the time and often I look at one and think "why did I want to make that?" and take it off. LOL
This year I decided if the project had a name of a person attached to it then it needed to always be a priority. My goal was to get these gathered in June. I had better get on it! Some are started, but some are sitting waiting for my attention. Writing them down is a great idea!
You are talking to me today! My problem is setting priorities. I have so many projects to do and yet I find myself making tops that aren't even on my list! I get side-tracked all the time. Help
Pat, I had the same dilemma last year deciding on which projects to work on. I thought I had resolved it. The same dilemma has arisen again just last month. Fortunately, I belong to a guild and can pass on unfinished/unwanted projects. I enjoy the process but don't need more quilts, so I am happy someone else can use them.
You just make me smile! You’re so darn sweet when you talk about ‘dumpy” linen pants.
They look really comfy!! If they are linen, thow those suckers in the dryer for a few minutes after you wash them and they will shrink! I'm wearing a very loose sundress !!😊
Capris: I totally get it! In the summer heat, I prefer loose capris! I think you look great! It's challenging when you order clothing according to your measurements, and when you try them on it feels too big.
Ordered both the pants and the cart. Thanks.
Nice label reminder, as soon as a finish a top, I have begun to cut the binding and make a label and store it all together, and sometimes when I take it out to quilt it, I am surprised how long ago the date on the label is when I made it lol, such is a quilters life, have a nice weekend.
Happy Summer. ☀️
Your Barn Star is quilt is beautiful and I can imagine looks wonderful on your bed. I am still working on mine, it is a long term project for me.
You don’t look frumpy in your summer pants, and they look comfortable.
I usually pick 3 major bucket list projects for the year and then add other things that pop up. Sometimes I get all the big ones done that year, sometimes they carry over.
@ Pat Sloan. Oh Pat love love the Barn Star quilt
Love love love your Barn Star! My Barn Star is ready to quilt - I just need to DO it!
Love that short, reminds me of Venice, dying to go there.
Love your Barn Star Quilt! So beautiful! This year I bought a journal to write down the projects I am making and also ideas of quilts I want to make. Plus I have a Pinterest board of quilt ideas as well.
So many quilts, so little time! 😂 I might have to make a scrappy shoo fly or churn dash my next leader and ender project-I love that on point two block layout you put up on your board!
If you have a Costco membership, they have some similar inexpensive linen/cotton blend pants in a summery blue and white vertical stripe and a black with a white or off white stripey pattern. I need to order some labels that include care instructions-I have either skipped labels altogether or hand written some that don’t look as nice as I would like.
Label making? Yes, please. I have been a label maker from way back, ever since I took a class from Susan McKelvey. Her labels were very 'Victorian' and pretty. My style evolved over time and I do most of mine either for Quilts of Valor (so red, white and blue) or for children through Project Linus. Years ago I bought a bunch of Kim Churbuck's Label Making Books. The themes have a lot of focus on ones appropriate for children, so you copy the lines over a light box and then lightly color in with Pigma pens. Satisfies my 'inner child creativity" . There is a rectangle or square of blank area for including the written information about the quilt. So storing all of those supplies requires the big double size Art Box storage container.
I have about 25 quilts, big and small and i have yet to label them. I don't write as well as i would like. I'm from Idaho and really enjoy your utube channel. Always looking for new information. Thank you Pat
Sharon
I understand completely. Yesterday I put together a scrap quilt and was tired of it. I cut the border and binding.. stuck it all in a bag and put it in a UFO box
I got three quilts bound this weekend. It is so satisfying and exciting when they are done and binding isn’t difficult. The problem is the wrestling with the weight of the quilt and managing the twists and turns that develop in the quilt.
I totally relate to your dilemma! I’ve given myself permission to drop certain projects for ones that I love!
I bought the Barn Star Sampler!!!🎉
Hi Pat! Your Barnstar quilt is so beautiful! And yes I too make lists! So many lists! And even though I get to cross some off because I actually made the quilt yet it seems 3 more get added ( or more!) Love your videos❤️
I have the Milky Way tin. It’s never ever been opened. It still has the wrapping on it too. 🤪
I have already met your label box challenge from the last time you showed it. My box is about the same size and has quilt patterns on it from Whoopie pies at the tractor store. I also keep some freezer paper to iron onto the backs to stabilize the label as I’m writing on it. Always enjoy you, Pat.😊
Yes I also have many projects I would like to make…… your Barnstar is my favorite ❤️
Barn star is beautiful n Done. You make me want to dive into my tub FULL of tops or flimsies n get one on the quilt frame.❤
Good morning Pat , from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 😊 💕 always enjoy your TH-cam videos
Where do you live? I’m NW of Stratford, ON.
I'm Toronto 🖐
@@jayneterry8701 We’re about 2 hours to downtown TO.
@@lorriemcdonnell7027I'm originally from London so I know and love Stratford! Worked at the Festival for 2 seasons. Also one of my favorite Quilt shops there, Ye Ole Quilt Shop ❤😊
@@jayneterry8701 It’s about 25-30 minutes from where we farm to Stratford.
What was your work at the Festival?
I love your quilts and your top from Chicos. You might like Tencel fabric pants. Chicos has several styles and the ones I have look like jeans, but the fabric is very light similar to a linen blend.
Pat, you look lovely in your shirt and your new pants. I'm happy that the loose pants are back in style, but getting the right size is the trick. No matter...you do not look dumpy! You are so funny and I enjoy your daily videos.
Your Barn Star Quilt is gorgeous! I also love the Won't you be my Neighbor quilt. I'm thinking about starting that one . BTW you do not look frumpy inn your new pants. Hope you and Greg have a nice summer weekend! Happy stitching
I am more mindful about what I start this year! With so many UFO’s to finish should I really start another quilt (or 2 or 3)?!!
I’ve learned that block of the month quilt alongs (usually a mystery) will most likely end up as a UFO! Even the block Wednesday quilt alongs are hard to keep up with and finish!
So I’ve made so guidelines for this year -
1) I either finish the UFO or I let it go!
2) If I start a quilt I finish it before starting another one!
I have that tin! I'm going to find it and use it for this. Thanks. I am terrible at putting labels on my quilts.
Hi Pat! Ohhh… quilt labels are one of my biggest challenges. Need to get organized. Thanks for the helpful tips today. ❤
OK! Just ordered the new smaller rollie cart! I needed something that would roll under my HQ Sweet 16!