Interview with Pat Sloan, March 18, 2022

Partial Transcript: This quilt behind you, tell me about this quilt.

Segment Synopsis: Sloan introduces "Times Remembered", a folk art appliqué quilt she made. She talks about moving to Northern Virginia and joining a guild that had many quilters interested in appliqué, so she learned to appliqué and made this quilt with simplified Baltimore album quilt motifs.

Partial Transcript: I want to know: when did you make your first quilt?

Segment Synopsis: Sloan talks about her first quilt, made in 1978 and her first quilting class.

Partial Transcript: Now this next question, it's kind of a wild one, because it's "what have been some of the most important moments for you as a quiltmaker"?

Segment Synopsis: Sloan talks about notable moments in her quiltmaking career, such as her first book, first published pattern, starting an internet radio show, and quitting her job as a computer coder. She talks about her experiences teaching quilting, and the experience of traveling to teach.

Partial Transcript: Obviously, you are an amazing quiltmaker and you actually had an exhibit of your quilts at the Virginia Quilt Museum

Segment Synopsis: Sloan talks about the one-woman quilt show she had at the Virginia Quilt Museum, and shares her opinions about what kinds of quilts grab her eye at a quilt show or exhibition.

Partial Transcript: And you have created some very large quilting communities...

Segment Synopsis: Sloan talks about the online quilt communities she has built on Facebook and elsewhere, and the time she invests in maintaining those community connections.

Segment Synopsis: Sloan talks about being part of a global community of quilters. She has traveled with quilters to China and Ireland, and talks about those trips and what she learned about the fiber art communities there. She also talks about a fundraiser she created for UNICEF to provide aid to Ukrainians during the 2021 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Partial Transcript: What's your favorite part of being Pat Sloan, and doing what you do?

Segment Synopsis: Sloan talks about how she enjoys the social aspect of what she does, and meeting other quilters to talk about quilts. She shares information about her Facebook quiltalongs and the interview concludes.