Posts by Kat
the October’24 Eye Candy Showcase
As you probably know… there’s no other post I enjoy more than our monthly “Eye Candy Showcase! What fun it is see what our customer’s create using our patterns! take on our various designs! This month we have eight fabulous bags to show you, so what are we waiting for… Let’s Get Started! To kick…
Read MoreOn Doing One Thing at a Time
So… way back in 2004 when I first started this business, my work activities revolved exclusively around publishing patterns… I didn’t have to worry about planning my work days because all of my activities were pretty much limited to sewing, writing & printing patterns. But it didn’t take long before I found out that… It…
Read MoreBag Making: A Pressing Matter
So… over the last 20 some odd years that I’ve been designing bag patterns, I’ve fielded LOTS of questions about bagmaking, but you know what? The question I most often get asked is… “What can I do to make my bags look more professional?” And the truth is… this questions is actually the absolute easiest…
Read MoreMy 4 Favorite Fabric Designers… Revisited
So… a little over 5 year ago I wrote a post detailing who my Four Favorite Fabric Designers were, but five years can be a long time in the designing world (and sometimes not…), but either way, I thought it might be about time we revisited this topic. So are these still our favorite fabric…
Read MorePPC31: Wings of Gold… a Remake
So… turns out I’ve had a blast re-imagining some of the samples I made during the runup to the High Seas Convertible pattern release and this make the 4th such remake we’ve created…but all good things must come to an end and this remake will sadly be the last for quite some time. And as…
Read MorePPC31: Purple Paisley… a Remake
So… turns out I’ve had a blast re-imagining some of the samples I made during the runup to the High Seas Convertible pattern release. As mentioned in a previous post, I’m trying something new for the 2024 Fall International Quilt Market. I’ll be selling some of my samples at the Quilt Market (along with a…
Read Morethe September’24 Eye Candy Showcase
As you probably know… there’s no other post I enjoy more than our monthly “Eye Candy Showcase! What fun it is see what our customer’s create using our patterns! take on our various designs! This month we have eight fabulous bags to show you, so what are we waiting for… Let’s Get Started! This is…
Read MorePPC31: Color & Light… a Remake
So… do you enjoy our last post in this series where we shared a remake of one of our original samples we made in the runup to the High Seas Convertible release? As mentioned in a previous post, we’ll be trying something new at the 2024 Fall International Quilt Market. I’ll be selling some of…
Read MorePPC31: Flowering Stripes – A Remake
So… we’ll be trying something new at the 2024 Fall International Quilt Market, which has been recommended to me for several years by good friend & fellow vendor, (Carol McCleod of Auntie’s Two Patterns). Carol’s been encouraging me to sell some of my samples at the Quilt Market (along with a dozen patterns for each…
Read MorePPC31: Our Tester Bags
So… summertime can be a hard time to line up folks to test a pattern, but I was fortunate that FOUR of our testers had enough time this summer to test out our new pattern, the High Seas Convertible! I really LOVE seeing what our testers are inspired to create, and I’m so appreciative of…
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