Posts by Kat
Five Ways to Improve the Look of Your Project
So… it doesn’t really matter whether you’ve been sewing all of your life or if you’ve just completely your first project, everyone wants to get the best result possible when they sit in front of that sewing machine. But here’s the thing, based on some of the phone calls and pictures I’ve received over the…
Read MoreApplying Bias Tape- the S-M-O-O-T-H Way!
(I get so many questions about bias tape… how do I make it, how do I get such a smooth finish etc. etc., so I thought it was LONG PAST time that I did a series devoted to bias-taping so…here’s the 3rd and last post in a three-post mini-series.) So…now that we’ve made our bias…
Read MoreMake Your Own Bias Tape! It’s EASY!
Posted in Tips & Tricks (I get so many questions about bias tape… how do I make it, how do I get such a smooth finish etc. etc., so I thought it was high time I did a series devoted to bias-taping and here’s the 2nd in a little three-post mini-series.) So… in our last…
Read MorePPC9- One for the “Road”
So… I’m sure I’ve mentioned how excited we are to be traveling to southern California this month (actually NEXT week!) for the Road to California Quilter’s Conference & Showcase… (only a half a dozen times or so, right)? Well, as it turns out, the 2015 Road2CA show is going to be the 20th Anniversary show…
Read MoreOur Goals for 2015
So… in our last post in this series, we discussed some of the things that worked well for us in 2014, as well as some of the things that didn’t quite go as we had hoped. And so now, with our 2014 assessment completed, I’m ready to detail our goals for 2015. 1) Our Show…
Read More2014: What Worked and What Didn’t
So… as 2014 draws to a close, it’s time for us to sit down and do a long, hard assessment of what we did right over the course of the last 12 months, as well at what didn’t work out quite as good as we had hoped. You know what they say, those who do…
Read MoreEight Reasons to Make Your own Bias Tape
(I get so many questions about bias tape… how do I make it, how do I get such a smooth finish etc. etc., so I thought it was LONG PAST time that I did a series devoted to bias-taping so…here’s the 1st in a three-post mini-series.) I can’t remember the last time I used store-bought…
Read MoreJoAnn’s Revisited
Way back in March of 2011, I wrote what has turned out to be a VERY popular post, SO popular in fact that not only did it receive the most views AND the most comments in 2011, it has continued to get the most views and the most comments every year since!!! And not only…
Read MoreHelp! There’s a Gorilla in My Booth!
So… Years ago, Samsonite had an ad campaign involving a gorilla. The ad implied that airport luggage attendants were extremely rough on luggage (imagine that!) and that the only luggage that would in fact hold up to this deliberate mistreatment was Samsonite luggage. Enter the aforementioned gorilla, playing the role of the luggage attendant in…
Read MoreEleven CRAZY Days in October- The Setup
So… seems like we’ve done nothing but get ready for, and then recover from Road trips and shows this year. It’s been fun, exciting, exhausting and we’ve REALLY enjoyed mixing & mingling with our customers! But you know what else? It turns out that doing two big retail shows in advance of the International Quilt…
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