Posts by Kat
PPC35: Plum Affinity
So… in our last post, I let you know that I only had one more AeroSling sample to show you before all the exciting stuff starts to happen, and here is that last sample! I REALLY love this fabric collection… as a matter of fact I used the blue variety of this collection…
Read MorePPC35: a Peach FlowerBed
So… in our last post I showed you a sample we made up in fabric from “Another Dimension” by Funny Girl for Studio E Fabrics, and today I’m showing you a sample made up in yet another fabric from that same collection. I’ll tell you more about it later on in this post, but in…
Read MorePPC35: A Wavy Dimension
So… in our last post I showed you a color-intensive sample of our new design, but today, I’m highlighting a new sample in much more muted tones, and I’m really quite taken with it. I’ll tell you more about the fabric I used here in a bit, but suffice it to say, I…
Read MorePPC35: DragonFly Dance
So… in our last post, I told you that we we were pretty-well satisfied with this design as it stands right now. I do want to take the Bottle Pouch height down, just a tad, but other than that & some other minor picky-icky stuff, we’re pretty much ready to roll now! And…
Read Morethe June ’26 Eye Candy Showcase
So… summer’s here! That means school’s out, folks are off on vacations (or maybe staycations this year)? But at any rate, it sounds like you might like to feast your eyes on a few beautiful things today, like maybe the June Eye Candy Showcase for example! So let’s get started! Here’s Linda Ellis’ “western take”…
Read MoreIt’s Easy to Transform Your Zipper!
So… in our last post in this series, I showed you how I transformed our zippers so they would be the ultimate PERFECT match, for the fabric we used! and I promised you I would work up a tutorial so that you could do the same thing for a future project of yours! Because…
Read MoreAQS Paducah ’26: My Favorite Quilts
So… as you might expect, the competition among the quilt entries at AQS Paducah is always 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,…
Read MoreAQS Paducah’26: the Recap
So… rather than giving you the usual play by play of the AQS Paducah’26 show… I thought that this year I’d give you some idea of how we got to where we are at this show, and why the AQS show in Paducah, KY is still the show I enjoy and value the most! Truth…
Read MorePPC35: Back to Tucson
So in our last post… we had finally accomplished most of the improvements we felt HAD to be made before we could go forward finalizing the instructions & making show samples… but there was still one area that needed a generous tweak, and that was the bottle Pouch area. Due to some excellent reader feedback,…
Read MoreAQS Paducah’26: Seen at Show
So… even though I’ve been in business for 20+ 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 trade show, right? And you know what? we only “spied” SEVEN of our bags “walking…
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