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A person holding a purse with a blue and purple pattern.

PPC29: P Carter Carpin

By Kat | Jun 6, 2023
So... after two prototypes, the time has finally come to get out the "good fabric" and create the first true ...
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Eye Candy for March ’22

By Kat | Feb 26, 2022
So... one of things I love best about designing patterns is to see the amazing things out customers create using ...
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PPC16: Flower Power

By Kat | Dec 11, 2017
So… in our last post , in this our 16th volume of Purse Pattern Chronicles (which was quite some time ago), I ...
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A painting of a dragon with the city in the background.

AQS Paducah ’25: the Quilts

By Kat | May 19, 2025
So... as you might expect, the competition among the quilt entries at AQS Paducah is TOUGH! To even have a ...
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