Archive for February 2020
My FIVE Worst Business Decisions
So… recently I told you about the six best decisions we made for our business, but here’s the deal… if I had to pick the single hardest thing we faced in starting up this business back in 2004 it would clearly be the overwhelming MOUNTAIN of stuff we needed to learn and do without ANY…
Read MoreMy Six BEST Business Decisions
So… I’ve been doing a lot of reminiscing & “looking back” of late since we just completed our 15th year in business. When I started StudioKat Designs way back then, I had absolutely NO business experience at all. I didn’t even take any business courses in college. I took a couple years of “Distributive Education”…
Read MoreRoad2Ca 2020 – the Quilts
And now…. it’s time for my favorite post from Road to California because now I get to show you the quilts that are MY personal favorites from the 2020 exhibition! But first I want to emphasize that I am no expert on quilting. As a matter of fact, I’m really not even a quilter myself…
Read MoreRoad2Ca 2020- the Report
So… with this year’s Road to California in our rear view mirror, and considering that we’ve had plenty of time since getting home to think about how the show went it’s time to give you our official show report. And here’s the thing… it’s always great to get out of the cold eastern Seaboard and…
Read MoreSeen at Show – Road2Ca 2020
So…. even though I’ve been in business for almost 16 years, I still get a big kick out of seeing our customers carrying bags they’ve made from our patterns! And what better place to “spy” these customers than at a retail quilt/craft show, right? So having said that, it is now my pleasure to show…
Read MoreFebruary 2020 Eye Candy
So….. ALL of the bags pictured below were created using our patterns & shared either on our FaceBook Group page, or mailed to us directly! And this month, with the exception of only two bags, they were ALL Sling Along’s! But here’s the deal… every last one of them is super GREAT so… So let’s…
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