Posts by Kat
Add a Cross-Body Strap?… It’s EASY!
So… we recently started a new edition of Purse Pattern Chronicles, and if you’re not familiar with that series, we like to encourage readers to suggest features they’d like to see included in the design. One suggestion that has repetitively been suggested is… a cross-body strap option. But you know what? This suggestion is always a little surprising…
Read MoreAsk Kat: About Patterns by pdf Download
So… here’s a question we’re fielding more & more lately, particularly from our international customers. Oh, we’ve been hearing this request for years, but for some reason the appeals of late have seemed more frequent and more imploring, so I thought it might be in my best interest to more fully explain our point of view here. The subject…
Read MoreAsk Kat: Why Don’t You Include Fabric in your Kits
So… Here’s a question we hear on a regular basis. They’ve seen a bag they like on our site and it’s either been made up in the colors they normally wear, or a print that really “speaks” to them, and they just can’t imagine being able to find any other fabric combination that they’d like…
Read MoreLife Without Jeter
So… many of you know that shortly after Thanksgiving last year I lost a very special buddy, but you know what? I was not the only one who suffered a loss last Fall. As badly as I was missing Jeter, I could tell that Joba was taking the loss just as hard as I was. And…
Read MoreIs Free an Expectation?
So… everybody loves getting something for FREE right? And you know what? I’m no exception! As a matter of fact, years ago (circa 2004) when I was struggling to get started in this business, a very wise person who I admired very much advised me to try placing a couple of free patterns out on my website. The logic? “If…
Read MoreOn Blooming Late
OK… So I’ve been described by many as a late bloomer, and I guess it’s a moniker that I really can’t deny. Many of you know that I got started in pattern design late in life. As a matter of fact, I retired from the City in a whole ‘nother field of work before this business was…
Read MoreA “Q” Interview
So… Most of you are aware that there was more than a little controversy swirling about the release of the Guardian last spring, (the first handbag pattern with a concealed-carry compartment), as we made our way to Portland, Oregon for the International Spring Quilt Market. So when Melissa Thompson Maher from Generation Q magazine approached us in the Market’s waning…
Read MoreOur Goals for 2014
So… in our last post in this series, we discussed some of the things that worked well for us in 2013, as well as some of the things that didn’t quite go as we had hoped. And so now, with our 2013 assessment completed, here’s a sneak peek at our stated goals for 2014. Our Shows…
Read More2013: What Worked & What Didn’t
So… as another year draws to a close, it’s customary for us to 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 not learn…
Read MoreRest in Peace
So… it doesn’t seem like it was only one short month ago we had to let you know that our sweet Jeter had suffered a decline in health and was having to step back from the business. And now it’s with a heavy heart that we have to say that while Jeter did seem to enjoy…
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