purse pattern chronicles

PPC35: Help Us Choose the AeroSling Cover Model

By Kat | Jul 14, 2026

So…. we're almost ready to publish another pattern! But before we can do that, we need to choose the ONE ...

Purple floral sling bag with water bottle

PPC35: Plum Affinity

By Kat | Jul 7, 2026

So... in our last post, I let you know that I only had one more AeroSling sample to ...

PPC35: a Peach FlowerBed

By Kat | Jul 3, 2026

So... in our last post I showed you a sample we made up in fabric from "Another Dimension" by Funny ...

Pink swirl-patterned sling backpack with gold zippers

PPC35: A Wavy Dimension

By Kat | Jun 24, 2026

So... in our last post I showed you a color-intensive sample of our new design, but today, I'm ...

Colorful patterned sling bag hanging on chair

PPC35: DragonFly Dance

By Kat | Jun 3, 2026

So... in our last post, I told you that we we were pretty-well satisfied with this design as it ...

PPC35: Back to Tucson

By Kat | May 8, 2026

So in our last post... we had finally accomplished most of the improvements we felt HAD to be made before ...

Patterned sling backpack with side water bottle pocket

PPC35- Sun & Moon

By Kat | Apr 17, 2026

So finally, I'm satisfied enough with this design to actually start thinking about making some show-type samples, of which this ...

Dark denim sling backpack with red straps

PPC35: Let’s Try it in Denim

By Kat | Apr 10, 2026

So... I've been waiting for a long time to fix up a sample in denim, and I was thinking that ...

Floral backpack side pocket with drawstring bead

PPC35: A Prototype, My 2nd Try

By Kat | Apr 6, 2026

So... I can't remember the last time I've had to make more than one prototype for a design... but... this ...

Blue floral sling backpack with diagonal zippers

PPC35: A Prototype, My 1st Try

By Kat | Mar 30, 2026

So.... it's that time again... I'm starting over once again with a brand new design! And if you've been following ...