Posts by Kat
Eye Candy for September ’22
One of things I love best about designing patterns is seeing the incredible bags our customers create using our patterns! As a matter of fact, there’s not much I like better than opening up an email that includes a picture or two of a customer-made bag! And here’s the deal, this month’s selection of bags…
Read MorePPC27: The Testing Results
So that’s how the testing rounds played out for this, the 27th cycle of Purse Pattern Chronicles and didn’t our FIVE testers do an exceptional job? Many of you know that one of my favorite parts of the pattern development process is the testing round. I just LOVE seeing what our testers are inspired to…
Read MorePPC27: the Katalina 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 2nd new pattern for 2022, the Katalina. Thanks SO much to everyone who voiced their opinion! Pattern design can be rather solitary work and…
Read MorePPC27: Help Us Choose the Katalina Cover Bag
But here’s the thing… before I make this decision, I REALLY love hearing which bag YOU would choose to be on the cover if you were ME. Do you think it might be because pattern designing is such a solitary business and I like need the interaction… who knows? At any rate, I get a…
Read MorePPC27: Take Me Back to Venice!
So… in our last post I told you that we coming to the end of line with the Katalina Shoulder Bag pattern and sure enough, this will be the last sample we’ll show you before its time to choose the one sample that will represent this design best for the pattern cover. And as is…
Read MorePPC27: Folklorico
So… the bag I showed you in our last post featured fabric that I actually used for one of my favorite Elsie K Baglet samples, but for this round I returned to my unused fabrics stash and pulled out this this gorgeous “Folklorico” fabric from the Pajarito de Oro collection for Alexander Henry fabrics. And…
Read MorePPC27: Gustav Revisited
So… in the interest of full disclosure… I must tell you that in making this particular sample I violated one of my own “cardinal rules” of sample making! And that would be that I actually used a fabric for this sample that has previously been used for a previous sample of a different design. WHY,…
Read MoreEye Candy for August ’22
One of things I love best about designing patterns is to see the amazing things our customers create using our patterns! As a matter of fact, there’s not much I like better than opening up an email that includes a picture or two of a customer-made bag! And here’s the deal, this month’s selection of…
Read MorePPC27: Knock Me Over With a Feather
So… I’ve just got a few more samples to show you before we publish what will become our next new pattern! So, am I still making changes to this design? Sure I am! Because the truth is… I never really stop making little changes to a new design. Heck… if I waited until I couldn’t…
Read MorePPC27: Serious Whimsey
So… Now that I’ve pretty much nailed down the design components for this design (as evidenced by our last post), it’s time to move along and get started on the following items… make 3-4 more show samples send out the “Tester Kits” to my excellent patterns testers come up with a name for this design…
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