Posts by Kat
PPC32: the Carolinian Pattern Cover Reveal
So… in our last post we had a little fun letting YOU be the designer and choosing which of our bag samples YOU would choose to grace the pattern cover for our 1st new pattern of 2025, the Carolinian. Thanks SO much to everyone who voiced their opinion! Pattern design can be rather solitary work and…
Read MorePPC32: Help Us Choose the Carolinian Cover Model
So…. we’re almost ready to finish up another pattern! But before we can, we need to choose the ONE sample that will totally represent our new Carolinian design & become the “cover model” for the pattern! To do this, I like thinking about which of our samples would most appeal to our customers… which one…
Read MorePPC32: Frond Abstract
So… I’ve had this fun panel print from Frond Design Studios for a very long time. I first fell in love with it when Stephanie Brandenburg’s booth was alongside ours at the AQS Paducah show. I had no idea what I was going to do with it, or how I would incorporate it into one…
Read MorePPC32: Dragonfly Dream
So… just when I thought I had used the most beautiful fabric EVER in the last sample I created, along came this “close relative”, that’s pretty incredible as well! I’ll tell you more about this fabric at the end of this post, but in the meantime, let me give you the “dog & pony show”…
Read Morethe February ’25 Eye Candy Showcase
As you probably know… there’s no other post I enjoy more than our monthly “Eye Candy Showcase! And WOW!!! Do we have some amazingly wonderful bags to share with you this month!! So let’s get to it! So… here’s my 8 favorite “Eye Candy” bags of February 2025! Monica Perkins opted to leave out the…
Read MorePPC32: Dragonfly Illusion
So… with this sample, I have to say that I am FINALLY very well pleased with this design., with just one very minor tweak to make (more on this later). And I have to say… isn’t this fabric simply AMAZING???? I fell in love with it from the moment I first saw it, and I’ll…
Read MoreAsk Kat: About My Daily Routine
So…. the truth is… when I first retired to pursue this career in pattern publishing (in Dec 2005), the most difficult thing that I had to do was to develop a work routine, a plan that I could kinda live with, day after day, to accomplish my goals, to advance my products, yet still maintain…
Read MorePPC32: In the Wind
So… in our last post in this series, I detailed how I finally got to sit down in front of my sewing machine and finish the sample that I left half-done in October. But… you might recall that finishing that sample raised some serious questions for me about the construction process for this design. I’m…
Read MorePPC32: It’s Fall y’all!
So… I started sewing up this sample in October, b4 leaving for the Houston shows, But here’s the deal… between the Market/Festival & all the other unexpected events that happened in Fall ’24, I literally haven’t touched my sewing machine, (or this particular sample) since Oct 11th. Long story short… We are behind schedule! So…
Read Morethe January ’25 Eye Candy Showcase
So… here we are… with a brand new year laid out before us, and what better way to kick it off than with a brand new batch of Eye Candy to behold? So, let’s Get started! Here’s Judy Freedline with her TWO Sling Along‘s. The sunflower Sling Along is for her cousin, & the striped…
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