Posts by Kat
A Cork Experience
So… when it gets close to Quilt market time it’s not at all uncommon for us to get requests from various fabric houses or designers to make bag samples in their brand new fabrics for display in their booths. It’s a classic symbiotic relationship in that my bag sample serves to help THEM sell fabric,…
Read MorePPC20: The Gateway Pattern Release
So… in our last post in this series we revealed the completed pattern cover for our first new pattern of 2019, the Gateway, and while it’s been a lot of fun, we’re closing the book as of today on this… our 20th edition of Purse Pattern Chronicles! The Gateway webpage is now LIVE & you can…
Read MoreOctober 2019 Eye Candy
So… ALL of the bags pictured below were created using our patterns & either shared on our FaceBook Group page, or mailed to us directly!But here’s the deal… even though last month’s Eye Candy was wonderful, THIS month’s Eye Candy is seriously AMAZING! So let’s get started, shall we? Here’s my favorite “Eye Candy” for…
Read MoreWhy We Left 2Checkout!
So… some but not all of you may know that we recently migrated over to a brand new website and for the most part… its been a horrible experience! Here’s how its all gone down! I know it sounds cliche, but things were a WHOLE lot different back when we started this business way back…
Read MorePPC20: Revealing the Gateway Pattern Cover
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 design for 2019, the GateWay. Thanks SO much to everyone who participated! Pattern design can be rather solitary work and I…
Read MorePPC20: Choosing the Gateway Pattern Cover
So… with yet another pattern almost in the books, it’s time to choose the ONE bag sample that best represents the GateWay design for the pattern cover! In order to do this, I like thinking about which of our samples would most appeal to our customers… which one would gather the most attention at shows……
Read MorePPC20: More is More
So… in our last post I told you that we’re pretty close to being able to release this pattern (the GateWay) except for the incredibly frustrating payment platform problems we’ve been going through this summer. As a matter of fact this is probably the last sample we’ll be showing you before we make that all-important…
Read MorePPC20: Safari With Me
So… in our last post we showed you a beautiful black sample matched with our brand new solid gold zippers. I’m so glad that so many of you liked it but I think you’ll also like today’s sample. I gotta tell ya, we’re getting very close to being ready to publish this pattern. We really…
Read MoreSeptember 2019 Eye Candy
So… ALL of the bags pictured below were created using our patterns & either shared on our FaceBook Group page, or mailed to us directly!But here’s the deal… even though the bags we showed you here last month were very diverse and awesome, THIS month’s Eye Candy is seriously AMAZING! So let’s get started, shall…
Read MorePPC20: Dragonflies
So… in our last post I showed you yet another of the bag samples that have the potential to wind up on the cover of this new pattern but I still had just a few minor tweaks to make on the design. The other adjustment I made to the design of this bag is probably…
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