Category Archives: Shop Talk

The Executive Suite

I promise a complete tour is around the corner. I’m too embarrassed to take pictures of the space until the boxes and my stacks get a bit more organized. It’s almost there. Even my mom is asking so I have to get on it! I was stalking the windows looking for the delivery guy all…

Spring Sewing

Carrie is a local Pink Chalk Fabrics customer turned friend. She brought over this bag to show me and I totally fell in love with it. After insisting she absolutely must start a blog (stay tuned) I asked if I could take a picture and share it here. This is The Lunch Bag pattern by…

The Move

I answer all the phone calls at Pink Chalk Fabrics. This would be the second phone line that comes into our home. The birthplace of the shop. Sometimes when people call I wonder if they realize I’m actually answering the phone from my living room (that would be the room this photo was taken from)….

Almost Home

This is the part where I’d like to pull out a magic wand and ‘poof’, we’re all moved into the new space. The build out played out on schedule. A few bumps along the way. There is one area of my life where I always second guess myself: paint colors! The new work space is…

Future Home of Pink Chalk Fabrics

Susan and I took a little field trip this morning to Sportsman Business Park on Bainbridge Island to visit the future home of Pink Chalk Fabrics. We had a good time and realized we definitely need to get out more during the day! When I first walked into this space I knew it was the…

Shop Talk – Free Shipping Weekend

Have a fabulous Labor Day! xo Kathy pink chalk fabrics ~*~ new arrivals ~*~ free patterns ~*~ on sale

The Claire Handbag

Today’s post is written by Susan, a fabulously talented sewist and part of the Pink Chalk Fabrics creative team. She shares her experience making the Claire Handbag, the newest design by Lazy Girl Designs, using a Joel Dewberry Deer Valley Fat Quarter Pack: If you are anything like me I am always seduced by the…

My Summer

I looked up today and realized the imps were at it again, flipping the calendar over to August and 10 days in at that! It’s been a summer of very hard work for me. A time in the life of my business that requires the extra effort needed to push it forward and over the…

Shop Talk – Summer Sale

pink chalk fabrics ~*~ new arrivals ~*~ free patterns ~*~ on sale

Toffee Tunic

Johanna is another creative member of the Pink Chalk Fabrics team. She makes amazing clothes for herself and her family. This adorable tunic features Heather Ross Far Far Away double-gauze cotton. A beautiful gift for her young niece. The pattern is #3 from the previous issue of Ottobre Design (3/2009 Summer). I’m excited to now…