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Starfall - March Show & Tell
Come and check out March's progress in the Starfall Sew Along!
Cass Merrigan
Apr 64 min read
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I did a thing!
Check out the new fabric ranges, designed by me Cake & Ale.
Cass Merrigan
Mar 45 min read
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Starfall - February Show & Tell
Come check out what we were all up to in February!
Cass Merrigan
Mar 34 min read
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Welcome to Starfall!!
Is everyone just as shocked as me that it is February already? 2025 was done in a flash, and 2026 is shaping up to do similarly. Won't lie, I am hanging for April when daylight savings stops and I get to sleep an hour longer. That and April weather is so much nicer than the peak of summer that we are currently enduring right now. I'll be quiet now, as I know that you are all here for the pretties and not my nattering. I don't blame you, the pretties are spectacular. I am go
Cass Merrigan
Feb 55 min read
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Orbit Quilt Sew Along - December!
Check out all three finished Orbit quilt tops!
Cass Merrigan
Jan 115 min read
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Orbit Quilt Sew Along - November Show & Tell
Check out these gorgeous Orbit quilts, nearly complete and only missing one month!
Cass Merrigan
Dec 3, 20254 min read
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Orbit Quilt Sew Along - October Show & Tell
Cass's Orbit Quilt - October 2025 I am a little behind this month! If you don't follow along on social media, I helped to chaperone my son's school camp - we explored Dubbo in regional NSW. I was a lot of fun, we explored the amazing zoo which is over 300ha in size, not that the public get access to all of it. It really is nice to visit a zoo where animals have enough space to create a reasonable facimile of their natural habitats. There were also limestone caves just under a
Cass Merrigan
Nov 7, 20253 min read
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Orbit Quilt Sew Along - September Show & Tell
Nine months down, how are we now in October??? We are well and truly heading for the festive end of the year at an alarming rate - next...
Cass Merrigan
Oct 1, 20252 min read
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Sweet talk, and sweeter makes.
One excited Cass with her fabric stash. Months ago the wonderful Jennifer Paganelli was wanting submission of interested (probably the...
Cass Merrigan
Sep 9, 20253 min read
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Orbit Quilt Sew Along - August Show & Tell
Follow along for the August update of the Orbit Quilt Sew Along
Cass Merrigan
Sep 6, 20252 min read
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From concept to execution - the making of the Nested Blooms design.
Turns out this pattern was 6 months in the making, I had no idea until I dug out my design notes for this blog post. But now that I think...
Cass Merrigan
Aug 8, 20255 min read
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Orbit Quilt Sew Along - July Show & Tell
Well guys, this months Orbit Sew Along show & tell its just little old me! Not from a lack of participation, more that two of our lovely...
Cass Merrigan
Aug 7, 20252 min read
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Quite possibly, the best marketing ever! Generational trauma at its finest.
Quick post about how I made the insert compartments for my Sohmo cookie tin.
Cass Merrigan
Jul 28, 20252 min read
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Orbit Quilt Sew Along - June Show & Tell
Catch up for the Orbit Quilt sew along, see Cass, Jenny and Lee's individual quilts.
Cass Merrigan
Jul 7, 20252 min read
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Nepenthe Quilt and Cushion Projects Update - Falling Upwards
A quick rundown on what progress has been made with the Nepenthe quilt and cushion designs.
Cass Merrigan
Jun 5, 20254 min read
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Orbit Quilt Sew Along - May Show & Tell
Join us for the May installment of our Orbit sew along.
Cass Merrigan
Jun 4, 20253 min read
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Orbit Quilt Sew Along - April Show & Tell
Tune in for this months show and tell from the Orbit Quilt sew along.
Cass Merrigan
May 10, 20253 min read
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The Nepenthe Cushion Experiment
If you follow along on socials you would have seen my Nepenthe Cushion experiment over the past month. Nepenthe is the studio's EPP quilt...
Cass Merrigan
Apr 23, 20254 min read
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Orbit Quilt Sew Along- March 2025
Join us for the march update of the Orbit Quilt Sew Along.
Cass Merrigan
Apr 6, 20252 min read
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2025's EPP Quilt - Nepenthe
A little back story to the new quilt coming out of Cake & Ale this year!
Cass Merrigan
Mar 15, 20253 min read
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