Bag Making is FUN!
June 15th, 2022
 a bi-monthly publication of StudioKat Designs
 Issue #224
 
Hello and Welcome! 
I hope each and every one of you will be able to enjoy a vacation (in whatever way you see fit) this summer. Right now it doesn't like that's going to happen for us, but who knows, things could still change!
In the meantime I've been working very hard on what will eventually be (in early September?) and if you'd like to see an early incarnation of what this new design will be like, then just click HERE
 And with that in mind I'll get back to work and let you get to reading! 
 
 
How to Ethically Donate Clothing
You may notknow this, but when you clean out your closet and donate or sell your clothes to places like Plato's Closet or Buffalo Exchange, it's likely your clothes end up being sent abroad. And once they get there, they may not even be sold. Thrift stores typically only resell about 20 percent of donated garments & the rest will likely end up in a landfill. Click HERE to read more.
 
 
 
 
Will You Be Vacationing this summer?
They say that MANY folks will be vacationing this summer for the 1st time since the pandemic began! So with that in mind I thought I would share a favorite New Yorker cartoon about travel and also a this hilarious SNL bit with Adam Sandler about the limits of what travel can actually do for you. So have a GREAT time! 

25 Words That Don't Mean
What They Used To
It’s to be expected that the words we use will change and develop over time as they begin to be used in original and innovative new contexts. But in some instances, these developments can lead to words gaining new meanings entirely different from their original implications—and the 25 words listed here have done just that.
Click HERE to read more.
 
 
 
 

A Chuckle for the Day
Click the image or HERE to see the difference between dogs and cats! 
(and thanks to alert reader Sharon McKenney sending us this cartoon!)

 
Nora the Polar Bear Cub!
I think you'll really enjoy the video journey of Nora the Polar Bear Cub growing up away from her mother! 
 
 
Check Out This Month's AMAZING Discount Offer- 
Traditionally, we reserve our best discount offers of the year for the months of June & December and 2022 will be no different! 
From now until 12 midnight Sunday night, 6/19/22 you'll get an extra 10% off the already discounted price of ANY or ALL of our pattern-specific Notions Kits by using this code- DJWWONLY
But wait! That's not all! With this code you'll ALSO get 10% off any or all of the extras listed with each Kit. For example you can add the fabric(s), the size-specific Soft & Stable, the Bag light and any or all of the others items offered & listed along with each Notions Kit
This coupon code cannot be applied to previous purchases,
or combined w/other discount offers & will expire at 11:59pm on Sunday night, 6/19/22.  
 
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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