Posts by Kat

So… in our last post, we had a little fun letting YOU be the designer to choose which of our bag samples YOU would select to stand alone on the pattern cover for our next new pattern of 2026, the Cargo Sling, if the choice were up to you. And as you might surmise, this…

So…. we’re almost ready to publish another pattern! Can you believe it? this is the 3rd for 2026! But before we can do that, we need to choose the ONE sample that will best represent our new Cargo Strap design & become the “cover model” for the pattern! To do this, I like thinking about which…

So… in our last post I told you that we coming to the end of this cycle of Purse Pattern Chronicles, and indeed, this is the last sample I’ll be showing you prior to our having to choose the ONE sample that will represent this new design by being the cover model for the Cargo Strap…

So… in our last post, I told you that we had sent this pattern out to our testers & that we were winding down toward the eventual publication of this new pattern, the Cargo Strap! But in the meantime I’ve got one more sample to show you before we make that all important decision as…

    So… in our last post, I told you that we had abandoned the idea of a connector piece between the sash & the strap. I liked the idea of the connector, but in the end it made the attached  phone (or the attached bag) ride too low on my body. I’m happier with…

So in our last post, I mentioned that I felt pretty well satisfied with this design, but still, I’ve had this nagging feeling that I just wasn’t happy with that Connector area at the bottom of the Sash. For this sample, I made another adjustment in this area, and while I think it looks better,…

  So… in our last post, we showed you our 1st sample of our next new pattern design, but still after finishing it, we still had several improvements we wanted to make! First of all, you may notice that we added a more “rounded” top edge to both of these pouches & reduced the total…

So… while we were overseas this summer, I noticed quite a few gals wearing their phone tethered to what looked like a crossbody strap… which made me think…. if they’re already wearing a crossbody strap, why not add a couple of pockets to it, so you might could avoid carrying a bag at all? Instead…