the May ’25 Eye Candy Showcase

A bunch of different bags that are on the ground

As you probably know… there’s no other post I enjoy more than our monthly “Eye Candy Showcase! SO if you’re ready for some eye-popping fun… Let’s get to it!

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MAQF’25: the Quilts

A painting of a woman in blue dress with balloons.

So… the competition quilts at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Fest’25 were a lot of fun to see, and below you will find “My Favorite Seven”! Here they are, in NO particular order of preference except for the LAST entry, (which is very special and reminds me of my “free-spirited” granddaughter)! “View of Vernazza“created by Barbara Matzke…

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MAQF ’25- the Wearable Art

A mannequin wearing a colorful cape with a sun on it.

So… one of the things I enjoy the most every year about the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Fest,is that they always feature a “Fashion Show”, and while I never get to attend the actual show,the fashions I enjoyed seeing the most this year, (after the fact), are the following four pieces! “Dragon Mistress & Claudette” by Dana…

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PPC32: Arcadia – Color Play

A close up of the front of a bag

So… Can you take just ONE MORE sample of our Carolinian design?

Because here’s the deal…I’ve enjoyed carrying my prototype of this design SO much, (I’ve been carrying it since October!), that I’m doing something I only rarely have done in the 20 years in the pattern business!
I’m going to keep one of the Carolinian samples I’ve made for MYSELF!

I’ve enjoyed carrying my prototype of this design SO much, (I’ve been carrying it since October!), that I’m doing something I only rarely have done in the 20 years in the pattern business!

The Question is… Which ONE???

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the April ’25 Eye Candy Showcase

A collage of photos with harley davidson logos.

As you probably know… there’s no other post I enjoy more than our monthly “Eye Candy Showcase! SO if you’re ready for some eye-popping fun… Let’s get to it!

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PPC32: The Carolinian Testing Rounds

A collection of bags with different designs on them.

So… the holidays can be a hard time to line up folks to test a pattern, but I was fortunate that FIVE of our testers had enough time this winter to test out our new pattern, the Carolinian! I really LOVE seeing what our testers are inspired to create, and the critiques and suggestions they supply definitely go a long way to making our pattern instructions clearer & easier to understand!

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the March ’25 Eye Candy Showcase

A collage of different bags and purses.

As you probably know… there’s no other post I enjoy more than our monthly “Eye Candy Showcase! And WOW!!! This month’s batch could possibly be the most COLORFUL grouping that we’ve ever had! SO if you’re ready for some eye-popping fun… Let’s get to it! So… here’s my 8 favorite “Eye Candy” bags of March…

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PPC32: the Carolinian Pattern Cover Reveal

A page of the front and back covers for a book.

So… in our last post we had a little fun letting YOU be the designer and choosing which of our bag samples YOU would choose to grace the pattern cover for our 1st new pattern of 2025, the Carolinian. Thanks SO much to everyone who voiced their opinion! Pattern design can be rather solitary work and…

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PPC32: Help Us Choose the Carolinian Cover Model

Six different bags of various colors and designs.

So…. we’re almost ready to finish up another pattern! But before we can, we need to choose the ONE sample that will totally represent our new Carolinian design & become the “cover model” for the pattern! To do this, I like thinking about which of our samples would most appeal to our customers… which one…

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PPC32: Dragonfly Dream

A bag with many different colored dragonflies on it

So… just when I thought I had used the most beautiful fabric EVER in the last sample I created, along came this “close relative”, that’s pretty incredible as well!
I’ll tell you more about this fabric at the end of this post, but in the meantime, let me give you the “dog & pony show” around this sample!

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