Posts Tagged ‘purse patterns’
PPC33: the Cignet Phone Pal Testing Round
So… Summertime can always be a tough time for testers to commit to a testing schedule, but given the schedule we operate under, summertime seems to always be that testing needs to be done, and lucky for me, I was fortunate that FIVE of our testers had enough time this summer to test out our…
Read MorePPC33: HummingBird Bouquet
So… as a lover of all things abstract, I was instantly drawn to this fabric which I’ll tell you more about specifically, at the end of this post. I think it really shows off the features of our Cignet Phone Pal, without overpowering the design! Here’s a couple of good shots of the Phone…
Read MorePPC33: Poppies
So… in our last TWO posts which you can see HERE & HERE, I shared my take on how I re-fabricated this terrific Poppy fabric by Chong-A Hwang so that it could “work” for our new bag design, our Cignet Phone Pal pattern. You might recall that I did in fact fussy-cut the fabric…
Read MorePPC33: Happy-Go-Lucky
So… if you’re thinking that you’ve seen this fabric before on one of our samples… You’d be RIGHT! we actually first used it in the process of creating the Double Take pattern, way back in Purse Pattern Chronicles 28. I liked it a lot then, but I almost think that I like it MORE NOW!…
Read MorePPC33- Denim Fantasy
So… I needed to make one more sample in order to do all the little step drawings since it was time to start work on the pattern instructions, but my shipment of new fabrics was late & nothing in my stash was inspiring me, so…
I did something I haven’t done in a long, LONG time! I “fabricated” my own fabric!
Seen at Show: AQS Paducah Quilt Fest ’25
So… even though I’ve been in business for 20+ years, I still get a BIG kick out of seeing our customers carrying bags they’ve made from our patterns! And what better place to “spy” these customers than at a retail trade show, right?
And you know what? we “spied” THIRTEEN of our bags “walking the floor” of the AQS Paducah Quilt Festival ’25! This year the variety of bags we saw “walking” at this show was extraordinary, but one thing is for sure… they were ALL totally AMAZING!
Read MorePPC33: Shangri-La
In our last post in this series, I shared our original sketch, and the first prototype that we created, and for a first effort, I was pretty happy with it.
But even so, there were changes that needed to be made! So… let me show
you around!
PPC33: the Sketch & the Prototype
So… it’s time for a new start… a brand new pattern for Fall of 2025. This is my favorite time… when everything is new, and all things are still possible.
Read MoreMAQF’25: the Quilts
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…
Read MoreMAQF ’25- the Wearable Art
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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