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Check out our Blog Archive! (below) by Studio Kat Designs

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Ask Kat: How Difficult are Your Patterns?

By Kat | Jul 30, 2015
So… Here’s a question we get asked on a regular basis, particularly at shows, and it goes something like this. ...
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PPC17: A Taste of the Southwest

By Kat | May 15, 2018
So… in our last post I showed you what I consider to be a pretty close facsimile to what this final design ...
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Eye Candy for November ’22

By Kat | Oct 25, 2022
One of things I love best about designing patterns is seeing the incredible bags our customers create using our patterns! ...
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PPC31: Help Us Choose the High Seas Convertible Cover Model

By Kat | Jul 23, 2024
So.... we're almost ready to finish up another pattern! But before we can, we need to choose the ONE sample ...
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