Pat Sloan: Freeform embroidery, quilting online and behind the scenes with Tula Pink!

The creativity out continues to amazing me, and I love my job promoting and sharing all things fabulous and fibery! Today my three guests are going to WOW you.. serious.. they are so full of energy and ideas I can't wait for this show!

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Here is what you can look forward to on my show today!

Guest - I've admired Rebecca Ringquist's embroidery for a long time. She has such a beautiful way of layout out her designs that speak to me. Maybe because they are more organic and flowing, they seem to develop as she worked it. Today Rebecca is going to share with me her design techniques, some tips for embroidery and talk about her online workshops.

http://rebeccaringquist.com/home.html

online classes http://www.creativebug.com/instructors/rebecca-ringquist

Guest - Maureen Cracknell started a blog in 2010, found quilting shortly after and is now designing and sharing across the internet at her site Maureen Cracknell Handmade. I'm super interested in how and why quilting created such a passion in her that she took off in the direction of having it a business. Also Maureen is going to share tips on her fantastic 'thread drawing' technique. This I want to learn!

http://maureencracknellhandmade.blogspot.com/

Guest -I'm excited to have Tula Pink back on the show with me. She has a new book out called "Tula Pinks City Sampler, 100 Modern Quilt Blocks". She is also going to be a featured artist in the October 2013 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting, which is on sale 8/6/13. I want to hear about the development of the book and have her share some about her design process. PLUS she is going to tell us what it's like to have the magazine come and do a photo shoot at her studio!

http://tulapink.com/

I was able to get a QUICK photo with Tula at the trade show in Portland. Looks like my photographer was in a hurry... we blurred... ha! Do you see Tula has a Starbucks cup.. yep... we bonded.. wink! Here is my Amazon link to her book