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the March 2026 Eye Candy Showcase

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PPC34: Windswept- A Bag for ME!

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PPC34: the Expand-o-Matic Testing

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the February ’26 Eye Candy Showcase

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

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Help! There’s a Gorilla in My Booth!

By Kat | Dec 4, 2014
So... Years ago, Samsonite had an ad campaign involving a gorilla. The ad implied that airport luggage attendants were extremely ...
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PPC17: The Inspiration & Sketchwork

By Kat | Apr 23, 2018
So… here we are again! We’re at the front-end of that  l-o-n-g  process that eventually culminates in a brand new bag ...
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A collage of different types of bags and purses.

Eye Candy for December ’22

By Kat | Nov 29, 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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2018 – What Worked & What Didn’t

By Kat | Dec 26, 2018
So... 2018 is almost over, so it’s time for us to sit down and do a long, hard, look at ...
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