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PPC34: the Expand-o-Matic Cover Reveal

January 19, 2026
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PPC34: Help Us Choose the Expand-o-Matic Cover Model

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2026: What Was, and Is, and Is to Come

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PPC34: Affinity

Cignet Phone Pal / Everyday Attache / Eye Candy / Gemini FlightBag / High Seas Convertible / Walkabout Wallet

the January ’26 Eye Candy Showcase

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

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Ask Kat: How Easy is it to Alter a Pattern?

By Kat | Apr 15, 2017
So… This is a question we’re often asked. A customer loves our bag design BUT, wishes it were smaller…larger… had ...
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The Art of the Pause

By Kat | Aug 14, 2021
So… many of you are aware of the fact that I play a clarinet in the orchestra at my church. ...
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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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A close up of a purse with flowers on it

PPC30: Feelin’ Groovy

By Kat | Jan 10, 2024
So... it happens every year! All of our "forward-motion" toward a new pattern comes to a grinding halt in early-October ...
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