Posts Tagged ‘handbagpatterns’
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 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…
Read MorePPC31: Wings of Gold… a Remake
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…
Read MorePPC31: Purple Paisley… a Remake
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…
Read MorePPC31: Color & Light… a Remake
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…
Read MorePPC31: Flowering Stripes – A Remake
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…
Read MorePPC31: the High Seas Convertible Pattern Cover Reveal
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…
Read MorePPC31: Help Us Choose the High Seas Convertible Cover Model
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……
Read MorePPC31: Color & Light
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???”……
Read MorePPC31: Wings of Gold
So… as a dedicated user of “all things black”, its been a while since I’ve featured royal blue in one of our samples… but when I saw this new collections by one of favorite fabric designers, Chong A-Hwang, it really captured my imagination… in a GOOD way! And I have to say this fabric was…
Read MorePPC31: Paisley in Purple
So… at this point, this design is set, the pattern pieces are set, the testing packages are in the hands of our very able & competent testers & even the NAME for this design has been set… So why are we still making samples? First of all… I’m going to try something new with my…
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