Posts by Kat
My FIVE Worst Business Decisions
So… recently I told you about the six best decisions we made for our business, but here’s the deal… if I had to pick the single hardest thing we faced in starting up this business back in 2004 it would clearly be the overwhelming MOUNTAIN of stuff we needed to learn and do without ANY…
Read MoreMy Six BEST Business Decisions
So… I’ve been doing a lot of reminiscing & “looking back” of late since we just completed our 15th year in business. When I started StudioKat Designs way back then, I had absolutely NO business experience at all. I didn’t even take any business courses in college. I took a couple years of “Distributive Education”…
Read MoreRoad2Ca 2020 – the Quilts
And now…. it’s time for my favorite post from Road to California because now I get to show you the quilts that are MY personal favorites from the 2020 exhibition! But first I want to emphasize that I am no expert on quilting. As a matter of fact, I’m really not even a quilter myself…
Read MoreRoad2Ca 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…
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