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

A purse with pens and pencils sitting on a table.

PPC29: Cleo in Yellow

By Kat | Jul 19, 2023
So... After creating EIGHT samples (not counting prototypes) in support of this new pattern, the Easy Go Wallet, I am ...
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Quilt Market & Festival, Houston 2018

By Kat | Nov 26, 2018
So... as you might suspect, the two weeks that we spend in Houston each Fall for the Quilt Market & ...
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A blue and pink purse hanging on a white rocking chair.

PPC27: Serious Whimsey

By Kat | Jul 19, 2022
So... Now that I've pretty much nailed down the design components for this design (as evidenced by our last post), ...
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Colorful floral crossbody bag with multiple zippered compartments.

PPC34: Sketches & a Prototype

By Kat | Sep 8, 2025
So... It's that time again! It's time to start yet another edition of Purse Pattern Chronicles (our 34th edition of ...
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