pattern design / PPC35 / purse pattern chronicles

PPC35: DragonFly Dance

June 3, 2026
Gemini FlightBag / Sling Along / Wrapsody

the June ’26 Eye Candy Showcase

Tutorials / Zippers

It’s Easy to Transform Your Zipper!

quilts / Retail Shows

AQS Paducah ’26: My Favorite Quilts

Retail Shows

AQS Paducah’26: the Recap

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Bag Making: A Pressing Matter

So... over the last 20 some odd years that I've been designing bag patterns, I've fielded LOTS of questions about ...
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Studio Kat Designs

So You Wanna Be a Tester Rewind

So... in our last post, which was the testing round post for the Elsie K Baglet, we only had two ...
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the January ’26 Eye Candy Showcase

So it's great to be back... it's time to get back to our regular programming with another "Eye Candy Showcase", ...
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Studio Kat Designs

Why We Stopped Shipping to the UK & EU

{Post Script: Please note that we've finally found some reasonable solutions to the shipping problems described below to the UK, ...
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