Pat Sloan's Creative Talk Network: August 2012

I wanted to featuerd the entire team of Fat Qaurterly Magazine! This is a super lively and witty bunch of quilters and I have meet several of them.

I was also honored to be asked to write a review to be included IN their joint book.. (BLOGGED HERE)

Today in 'Part 1" I've interviewed Katy Jones and Tacha Bruecher about the collaboration on the book and more!

Tomorrow will be Lynne, Brioni and John. In the photo above we also have Mandy 2nd in from the left!

I'm starting with Katy as I adore her. She is the reason I got hooked into this crazy bunch at Fat Quarterly. I swoon over every little thing she makes and writes... and I think she is beyond fabulous. If she ever wants to move to America I will find her a house on my street... because I'd want her that close.. smooch!

I've interviewed her for my radio show HERE... on June 5, 2012, just scroll till you find it.

What is the last piece of fabric you bought, and why?

The last fabric I bought was a variety of text prints from Pink Castle Fabrics - newsprints and the like. I like to have texty fabrics handy because they're incredibly useful as alternatives to solids and when I see a good one I have to snap it up!

When did you last give away a quilt and to who?

I tend to give a lot of quilts away. I have one ready to go a friend's baby who is getting christened in a couple of weeks. That's not the last though, is it!? My last gift quilt was for one of my very close friends from my sewing group has just had a baby. I made her a baby quilt and our group made her a a big scrappy quilt. Just because she's so lovely.

What quilt is on your bed?

I have a rotation of quilts on my bed. Right now there's a Hope Valley dresden plate quilt, but it's due switching out for something more summery so I might do that today!

What was the most difficult part about working on a book with three other authors?

Not hanging out in the same room together. I miss them, we don't get to be together enough because we are dotted across the globe. I loved the whole process, we work pretty well together (now wait for someone else to say it was a nightmare and never again!) It wasn't too far removed from what we do with the e-zine, so I think all in all it was pretty ok.

Do you have a favorite story about quilting... maybe something that happened online, with your local sewing group, on a trip?

My local group, who are the best friends I could ever wish for, meet at my friend Lynne's house. We sew (or not - rarely sewing gets done) around her large hexagonal table. This isn't really a story, I just want them to know how much I appreciate them, love them and couldn't live without them. They keep me sane, keep me grounded and make me howl with laughter.

(What do you think? Should I get some specs like Katy's?)

Visit Katy Jones at I'm a Ginger Monkey

What is the last piece of fabric you bought, and why?

The last piece of fabric that I bought was Flea Market Fancy by Denyse Schmidt. I missed out on getting yardage of some of the prints first time round and didn't want to miss out again! Now I just need to think of the perfect project.

When did you last give away a quilt and to who?

I am pretty much constantly giving away quilts these days as there are only so many that my girls and husband will use! I think the last quilt I gave away was to my parents as a thank you for looking after my girls whilst I was busy at the Fat Quarterly Retreat!

What Quilt is on your bed?

On my bed is a very special quilt. It is called over the Rainbow and is a quilt from my new book Hexa-go-go. It is special both because it is in my book but also because members of the group Bee Inspired stitched up some of the blocks for the quilt. (One of those members was John and I also got to meet Ann, another member, at our recent retreat!)

What was the most difficult part about working on a book with three other authors?
Actually believe it or not working together was pretty easy. Probably the most difficult bit was not being able to get together to have a hug at the end of the process or to show each other our quilts in person!

Do you have a favorite story about quilting... maybe something that happened online, with your local sewing group, on a trip?

I was involved in the Pillow Talk Swap recently and unfortunately my partner failed to make me a pillow. I had been waiting for about 6 weeks and had been chatting to my friend Aylin about it and what a shame it was and nevermind and had pretty much decided that I probably wasn't going to receive a pillow this time round. The next thing I know there was a knock at the door and my friend Aylin was there and she had made me the most AMAZING pillow as an angel pillow for the swap and had hand delivered it to me at home. I was pretty touched by that. So thank you Aylin if you are reading and sorry the house was such a complete pig sty!