Posts by Kat
Ask Kat: How Difficult are Your Patterns?
So… Here’s a question we get asked on a regular basis, particularly at shows, and it goes something like this. People come into our booth because they want their chance to check out our bags in person. They open them up, see all the zippers and storage areas and in general how different they are…
Read MoreThree Steps to Better Project Pictures!
So… over the past 10 years we’ve received LOTS of handbag photos from our customers and we LOVE looking at each and every one of them… many of which are ultimately entered in our monthly “Handbag of the Month” contest. But you know what? Even though almost all of the bags pictured in the photos…
Read MoreShowrooming: Does it Affect the Paper vs PDF Debate?
So… Several month ago I wrote a lengthy piece in answer to a question we field on a regular basis from our customers, that being… “Why don’t you offer your pattern in a downloadable format?” (such as a pdf). In that post, (which you can access by clicking here), I explained our business model and…
Read MoreOn Finding Your Tribe
So… we just recently returned from a family trip to Disney World in Orlando, FL. The purpose of our trip was to celebrate our grandson’s 5th birthday, so of course we included his mom, dad and baby sister in our plans (what can I say… they were a package deal)! We had a wonderful time…
Read MoreFive 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…
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