Posts by Kat
Help Us Choose the Cignet Phone Pal 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 Cignet Phone Pal 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…
Read MorePPC33: Palatial Stripe
So… this is the last sample we will show you before it’s time for us to choose the ONE special sample to grace the cover of our new pattern as our “Cover Model”! More on that in a bit, but first, let me give you a quick tour! And since I’ve had such success using…
Read MorePPC33: Poppies
So… in our last TWO posts which you can see HERE & HERE, I shared my take on how I re-fabricated this terrific Poppy fabric by Chong-A Hwang so that it could “work” for our new bag design, our Cignet Phone Pal pattern. You might recall that I did in fact fussy-cut the fabric…
Read MoreCase Study #1: Plan A becomes B…C… D..?
So… I saw this fabric online (“Poppy Dreams” by Chong-A Hwang for Timeless Treasures) & given the vertical nature of the print, I thought it might be just perfect for our new pattern design!
And it was… ALMOST!
Case Study #1: Re-fabricating… Plan A
So… the bag pattern I’m currently working on, the Cignet Phone Pal, is perfect for a vertically-centered design! And when I saw this fabric online, it seemed tailor-made for my pattern! The only thing is— when the fabric arrived, it wasn’t quite what I needed. You see, there are two sized panels done in repeat…
Read MorePPC33: Happy-Go-Lucky
So… if you’re thinking that you’ve seen this fabric before on one of our samples… You’d be RIGHT! we actually first used it in the process of creating the Double Take pattern, way back in Purse Pattern Chronicles 28. I liked it a lot then, but I almost think that I like it MORE NOW!…
Read MorePPC33- Denim Fantasy
So… I needed to make one more sample in order to do all the little step drawings since it was time to start work on the pattern instructions, but my shipment of new fabrics was late & nothing in my stash was inspiring me, so…
I did something I haven’t done in a long, LONG time! I “fabricated” my own fabric!
the June ’25 Eye Candy Showcase
As you probably know… there’s no other post I enjoy more than our monthly “Eye Candy Showcase! I just LOVE it when a customer sends me a picture of something they made from one of our patterns. SO, if you’re ready for some eye-popping fun… Let’s get to it!
Read MorePPC33: Fantasy Garden
So… with the main design issue for this new pattern resolved & described in the last post in this series, that left me free to concentrate on construction issues going forward. More specifically, now my goal is to figure out the quickest, easiest, yet most effective sequence in which this bag can be constructed. So,…
Read MoreAQS Paducah ’25: the Quilts
So… as you might expect, the competition among the quilt entries at AQS Paducah is TOUGH! To even have a quilt accepted to be shown at this prestigious show is quite something! But having said that, I really enjoyed walking among these outstanding beauties. They were a lot of fun to see, and it was…
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