Posts by Kat
Booth Evolution…. 2017 Style
So… As we gear up for the 2017-18 show season, it’s worth noting that when the closing bell rings at the conclusion of this Fall’s Quilt Market in Houston, we will have completed a full decade of trade shows. It’s hard to believe we’ve been doing this for 10 full years! It doesn’t seem that…
Read MoreThe Best Advice
So… I was talking with a friend & fellow designer the other day about how we each got started in the business. It was fun thinking about those early years and how much our businesses have changed since we began. But if there’s one thing we had in common, its that the businesses we have…
Read MoreAsk Kat: Why Don’t You Sell Your Zippers to Distributors
So… Here’s a question we hear on a regular basis, especially at shows. It goes something like this…. A customer walks into our booth intent on buying a supply of zippers for several of her upcoming projects. During the process of checking out, she mentions how much she thinks that the owner of her LQS…
Read MorePPC15: Testing Results
Well… we must be in the homestretch now! Because it’s that time again! It’s time to show you what our testers created in the process of testing our pattern instructions! Many of you know that one of my favorite parts of the pattern development process is the testing round. I just LOVE seeing what our testers…
Read MorePPC15: The Flaptastic Release
So… in our last post in this series we revealed the completed pattern cover for our new pattern for Fall 2017, the Flaptastic Bag, and while it’s been a lot of fun, we’re closing the book as of today on this… the 15th edition of Purse Pattern Chronicles! The Flaptastic Bag webpage is LIVE now and you can get more…
Read MorePPC15: The Flaptastic Pattern Cover Revealed
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 new design for Fall 2017, the Flaptastic Bag. Thanks to everyone who participated! I always enjoy hearing about which bag my customers would choose and I…
Read MorePPC15: Choosing the Flaptastic Cover Model
So… There’s a couple of things I always look forward to once a new design is pretty much set and one of them is choosing the ONE bag sample that best represents that design for the pattern cover! I like thinking about which of our samples would most appeal to our customers… which one would…
Read MorePPC15: Color Me Seuss
So…. in our last post in this series we showed you our new Flaptastic Bag in a sophisticated & elegant neutral palette, but for this sample, (which will most likely be the last we make before we go to press), I decided to choose a collection of fabrics that just says…. FUN, so let’s get started! (I’ll give you all the…
Read MorePPC15: Like an Egyptian
So… in our last post in this series we showed you our new Flaptastic Bag all dressed up in some eye-popping Peggy Toole fabric and for this sample I chose a quieter, more neutral palette to play with. (I’ll tell you much more about this fabric at the bottom of the post.) The reason that this fabric intrigued me so…
Read MorePPC15: Peg o’ my Heart
So… upon completion of our last sample & post in this series, it quickly became apparent that we were finished with the pattern-tweeking & making portion of this new design, which means its time to make some official “show samples” from which we can eventually choose our cover model! So let me show you my latest!…
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