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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 12 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 93 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 85 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 282 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 72 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 54 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 43 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 103 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 62 min read
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Orbit Quilt Sew Along - Week 5
Orbit week 5 update!
Cass Merrigan
Jan 272 min read
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Orbit - Updated Assembly Plan
Starting off with a quick update of my own Orbit Quilt, two weeks in and I am really liking how this is looking! I have been quite...
Cass Merrigan
Jan 143 min read
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Why hello there 2025! Orbit Quilt Sew Along Begins.
Orbit Quilt by Cake & Ale Just a quick update, its my first day back at my day job (with the kids home too) so its been a doozy. With ...
Cass Merrigan
Jan 63 min read
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Try, try again...
"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." - Thomas Edison Sadly most of me great project ideas don't...
Cass Merrigan
Aug 10, 20233 min read
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Back to the drawing board!
While I loved the colours in this bowl I ended up not so in love with its proportions..... I also mangled the construction and I had two...
Cass Merrigan
Jan 12, 20231 min read
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Lunch for scale...
Have you ever created something just to see if it could be done?? I wanted to make a rounded bowl, curves and not points as such. In...
Cass Merrigan
Dec 7, 20221 min read
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The shiniest unicorn in the room
So this week sketches turned into net shapes, then 3D. I am currently working on the first fabric prototype for "Bowl 2" which I am...
Cass Merrigan
Nov 24, 20221 min read
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Aaannnndddd it's out there!
Big moment over here, our first Hedron Bowl kits were just sent off to the pattern testers. While I have designed hundreds of pattern...
Cass Merrigan
Nov 4, 20221 min read
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