Posts by Kat

So… way back in early April I was pushing myself hard. I was trying my best to finish up the Bangle Buddie pattern because I knew we had a big trip coming up to AQS Quiltweek Paducah later in the month, followed closely by a 10-day vacation out of the country in early May. It…

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 2018, the Bangle Buddie. Thanks SO much to everyone who participated! Pattern design can be rather solitary work and I always enjoy…

So… with yet another pattern almost in the books, it’s time to choose the ONE bag sample that best represents the Bangle Buddie 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… and…

So… in our last post we told you that we had only one more sample to create before making the all-important decision about which bag we’ll be placing on the pattern cover and if you’re thinking that this fabric looks familiar… you would be absolutely RIGHT! You might remember that I used this fabric for my original…

So… even though I spent a LOT of time piecing together the sample I showed you in our last post, that amount of time was nothing compared to how long I spent piecing THIS sample together. Now don’t get me wrong, I LOVE a good piecing challenge, but this one took the cake! But here’s the…

So… in our last post I told you that the design aspects for our new pattern for Spring 2019 were pretty much solidified unless we had a “EUREKA” moment or an overwhelming compulsion to change up a particular feature… well, guess what? DO read all the way thru this post to see how one simple O-ring can add…

So… if you were with us for our last post in this series, then you know that for the most part we’ve solidified the features we’ll be including in our new pattern design. Oh it’s possible that somewhere along the way we’ll have a “EUREKA” moment or an overwhelming compulsion to change a feature, but unless or…

So… in our last post I was pretty happy with most everything in our new design and was ready to start creating samples that could potentially be used as an eventual cover sample. First up– I pulled this totally AMAZING fabric from Paula Nadelstern out of my stash. My thinking that the focal print was the perfect…