Posts by Kat
Road2Ca 2020- the Report
So… with this year’s Road to California in our rear view mirror, and considering that we’ve had plenty of time since getting home to think about how the show went it’s time to give you our official show report. And here’s the thing… it’s always great to get out of the cold eastern Seaboard and…
Read MoreSeen at Show – Road2Ca 2020
So…. even though I’ve been in business for almost 16 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 quilt/craft show, right? So having said that, it is now my pleasure to show…
Read MoreFebruary 2020 Eye Candy
So….. ALL of the bags pictured below were created using our patterns & shared either on our FaceBook Group page, or mailed to us directly! And this month, with the exception of only two bags, they were ALL Sling Along’s! But here’s the deal… every last one of them is super GREAT so… So let’s…
Read MoreWe Needed a NEW Pin Banner
So… over 5 years ago I made a pin banner to house (and to show-off) my ever-growing show pin collection, but here’s the deal… when I made this banner way back in 2014, I never really thought I would “outgrow” it, because we pretty much only did Spring and Fall Quilt Market at the time…
Read MoreSetting the Tables for the “Road”
So… Since next week at this time we’ll be in Ontario, California, I thought it time to show you what we have in mind for our display this year. You might remember that we made some HUGE changes to our display for the International Quilt Festival in Houston and since it was such a successful…
Read MoreAnother Bag for the “Road”
So… way back in 2015, when we were getting ready to make our very 1st trip to the Southern California for the Road to California Quilters Conference, we were asked to fashion one of our bags out of a brand new line of fabric commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Show. It turned out to…
Read MoreAsk Kat: On Making Substitutions
So… I got this email today and because of its similarity to SO many others I’ve been receiving of late, I thought I’d share it here, especially since I find this type of email puzzling and yes… a bit frustrating. “I’ve begun cutting out my first Packlets bag. I have a question. When you say…
Read MoreJanuary 2020 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, January’s Eye Candy is seriously AMAZING! So let’s get started, shall we? And Marilyn Karper stopped by my booth…
Read MoreOur Goals for 2020
So… in a recent post, I told you about some of the things that worked well for us in 2019, as well as some of the things that didn’t quite go as I had hoped. And now, with our 2019 assessment completed, I’m ready to talk a bit about our goals for the new year…
Read More2019: What Worked & What Didn’t!
So… 2019 is almost over, so it’s time for us to sit down and do a long, hard, look at what we did right over the course of the last 12 months, as well as what just didn’t work out quite as well as we had hoped. so here’s how things went this year. First,…
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