Quilt Market ’24- What’s in Store?

A table with several bags of different designs.

So… we’re less a couple of days away from the 2024 version of the International Fall Quilt Market and just so you know… I can’t believe that this will be our 17th straight Fall Quilt Market, (not counting 2020 & 2021, the Covid years, where Quilt Market was cancelled 2 years in a row). And…

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PPC32: Owls in Disguise?

A close up of the front of a purse

If you’re following along on the progress of this design, you might remember from our last post, that as pleased as we were with that sample, there were still quite a few smallish-type changes I felt were called for!

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Bag Making: A Pressing Matter

A close up of the back of a bag

So… over the last 20 some odd years that I’ve been designing bag patterns, I’ve fielded LOTS of questions about bagmaking, but you know what? The question I most often get asked is… “What can I do to make my bags look more professional?” And the truth is… this questions is actually the absolute easiest…

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PPC31: Wings of Gold… a Remake

Two bags that are sitting on a bed.

So… turns out I’ve had a blast re-imagining some of the samples I made during the runup to the High Seas Convertible pattern release and this make the 4th such remake we’ve created…but all good things must come to an end and this remake will sadly be the last for quite some time. And as…

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PPC31: Purple Paisley… a Remake

Two bags of purple and green fabric with a yellow strap.

So… turns out I’ve had a blast re-imagining some of the samples I made during the runup to the High Seas Convertible pattern release. As mentioned in a previous post, I’m trying something new for the 2024 Fall International Quilt Market. I’ll be selling some of my samples at the Quilt Market (along with a…

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PPC31: Color & Light… a Remake

A pair of bags with colorful designs on them.

So… do you enjoy our last post in this series where we shared a remake of one of our original samples we made in the runup to the High Seas Convertible release? As mentioned in a previous post, we’ll be trying something new at the 2024 Fall International Quilt Market. I’ll be selling some of…

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PPC31: Flowering Stripes – A Remake

Two backpacks with colorful flowers and stripes on them.

So… we’ll be trying something new at the 2024 Fall International Quilt Market, which has been recommended to me for several years by good friend & fellow vendor, (Carol McCleod of Auntie’s Two Patterns). Carol’s been encouraging me to sell some of my samples at the Quilt Market (along with a dozen patterns for each…

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PPC31: the High Seas Convertible Pattern Cover Reveal

A picture of the back cover of a brochure.

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 2nd new pattern of 2024, the High Seas Convertible. Thanks SO much to everyone who voiced their opinion! Pattern design can be rather solitary…

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PPC31: Help Us Choose the High Seas Convertible Cover Model

A bunch of bags that are sitting on the ground

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 High Seas Convertible 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……

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PPC31: Color & Light

A close up of the back of a bag

So… here is the last sample we’re going to make and present to youprior to choosing our cover model and subsequently sending the new pattern to the printer for eventual release. But you know what? The WHOLE time I was making this bag I was thinking… ” What made me EVER choose this fabric combo???”……

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