Pat Sloan: The Nuts & Bolts of Owning a Quilt Business

Pat started sewing as a child (love those doll clothes!) and continued to sew clothing for herself until she discovered quilting. She's been quilting for over 15 years. A few years ago Pat started teaching and then decided to put her ideas into patterns. She now run her own design business called Pat Sloan & Company located in Fairfax County, Virginia. In addition to publishing her own patterns, She designs patterns for McCall's Quilting, McCall's Quick Quilts, American Patchwork & Quilting, Quilters World, Create & Decorate, and the Fons and Porter magazines. Pat has also designed several fabric lines for P&B Textiles. She has published more than 15 books with Leisure Arts.