You know, at this point I feel like I should call these updates the Nicole and Cass show (jokes). All our other sew along friends are off having epic adventures with other textile projects, and it's that time of year when we are all feeling the end of year fatigue. So I am doubly grateful for Nicole and the photos of her gorgeous stars each month. It is really comforting to know I am not alone in ambitious quilt journey. Nicole @patchworkfuchs As always, Nicole's work is so

Please forgive me Dear Reader for being so late with this months SAL update. Truth be told everyone was ready on time (even me), I have just been so singularly focused on the upcoming Quilt NSW show that I have had capacity for little else. Just ask the kids, I don't think they have seen me for weeks. With the bulk of the logistics sorted my mind keeps reminding me of all the things I have let slide this month. That, and I have cleared enough physical space in my studio that

Cake & Ale Starfall Sew-along 2026 June update!

I fear the mid-year slump may be upon us, we only have three participants for show and tell this month (assuming I count as one). For those of us in the Southern hemisphere the days are shorter and its getting colder. I know for me, the past three weeks of grey skies and it is seriously effecting my mood (I need a minimum of 80% sun and blue skies to be happy). While those sewing along in the Northern hemisphere I get it, its summer now, why be indoors sewing?? These things

Check in to see what the Starfall sew along makers have created this month!

Come and check out March's progress in the Starfall Sew Along!

Come check out what we were all up to in February!

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