Bag Making is FUN!
August 15th, 2022
 a bi-monthly publication of StudioKat Designs
 Issue #228
 
Hello and Welcome! 
And gosh, hasn't it been a long, hot one at that! I hope you've been able to get away from it for awhile or at least gone to a place where you could at least find enjoyment in the heat this summer. Myself? I've been plotting my getaway for some time now and it looks like I may get my wish at the end of September. (I hope, I hope!)
In the meantime I'm working furiously on our next pattern release. Click HERE for the latest post to get all the details and with that, I'll get back to work and let you get on with your reading! 
 
 
Don't Tell Me I'm not HOT!
Temperature may be an objective number, but how we experience it is NOT. Culture influences the biology and psychology of thermal comfort, shaping what our bodies are used to dealing with and how our homes and businesses are set up to adapt. In fact, there are dozens of ways to measure what a hot summer day actually feels like; and different countries do it differently! 
{Click HERE to read more}

 
 
A New Fabric in our "Fold"
Due to the overwhelming popularity of our original She Who Sews Fabric Kit, imagine how sad I felt when I realized it is now out of print and Riley Blake has no more in stock! SO what did I do? I immediately ordered these two fabrics in different colorways. This new kit features the focal fabric with a pale bluish/grey background and the measuring tape fabric in in red! {Click HERE to read more}
 

 
 
 
RIP Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John, who sang some of the biggest hits of the 1970s and ’80s while recasting her image as the virginal girl next door into a spandex-clad vixen — a transformation reflected in miniature by her starring role in “Grease,” one of the most popular movie musicals of its era — died on Monday at her ranch in Southern California. She was 73.
{Click HERE to read more}
 

A Quilt Fit for a HOUSE!
Nicola Woollon is a textile artist who has lived and worked in the Seven Sisters area of London for thirteen years. She has established a community craft collective— Quilt Club —in 2021. Attendance at the group is free of charge, so there are no financial barriers to locals of any age and class gathering, learning the art of sewing, and working with fabric.  
As the name suggests, this is an enormous patchwork quilt, covering the former textile manufacturing warehouse in which Nicola and others now live. The consists of over 245 upscaled squares of quilting. It took around 60 people to stitch it all together, and a team of 15 to install it over two days. It was officially unveiled on Saturday, 7/2/22 during a one-day street carnival. {Click image or HERE to read more.}
 

 
 
 
A Chuckle for the Day
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Stop Annoying Everyone with these Common Email Mistakes!
Email has been around for decades, and it’s not going away anytime soon. You’d think years of using the tool would make us proficient, but email is considered one of the biggest time wasters at work. Email is a to-do list you can’t control, and anybody who gets your email address can impose on you and demand attention in your inbox.” 
 {Click image or HERE to read more.}
 
 
 
 
 
 
This Month's Discount Offer
Our coupon offer for this issue is for our Walkabout Wallet pattern and/or our Walkabout Wallet Notions Kit! This versatile wallet can also serve as a shoulder bag or even as a convenient wrist clutch!  
And check this out--- from now thru midnight on Thursday night, August 18th you can use this code - QJ3MWALK - to get $3.99 off  either our Walkabout Wallet pattern OR our Walkabout Wallet Notions Kit.
This coupon code cannot be used for previous purchases, or in combination w/other discount offers & will expire at 11:59pm on Thursday night, 8/18/22.  
 
Here's Our Upcoming Show Schedule (we hope!):
International Fall Quilt Market 2022- Oct 29-31, 2022 - Houston, TX
International Fall Quilt Festival 2022- Nov 3-6, 2022 - Houston, TX
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival 2022 - Feb 23-26, 2023 - Hampton, VA
AQS Quiltweek Paducah 2022 - April 26-29, 2023 - Paducah KY 
 
In closing- 
Thanks for reading this month's edition of Bag Making is FUN. I appreciate all of you, and can't wait for things to be better for ALL of us! So that's it until later this month when we'll write to you again!
 
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