100 Days 100 Blocks

I couldn't contain my excitement to share this pattern, which I've called "99 Problems". It's going to be the sampler quilt that we use for 100 Days 100 Blocks 2025, which kicks off 1 July 2025. If you can't contain your excitement either you can pre-order it now and lock in the 2024 price.

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99 Problems Quilt Kits

You've asked and I'm doing - a limited range of quilt kits will be available to help you make your own version of 99 Problems in these amazing Free Spirit Fabrics. I will have 4 quilt kits available for pre-order: William Morris (pictured to the right), Kaffe Rainbow (pictured above), Tula Rainbow and a very special Lizzy House version. They will ship internationally and come with everything you need to make your quilt.

Hello! Hello Reader!

It's been an eventful week here at Casa Gnome. Our lovely city has been experiencing the Monsoonal Rains which has lead to flooding in some suburbs, school being closed and the team at St Andrew's Meals on Wheels working double time to make sure our clients are safe, dry and fed. [CLICK HERE for a behind-the-scenes peek at the "Flood Crew"] On top of all of that we had an armed intruder try to get into our home. 😳 Pardon the pun, but when it rains it pours!

The good news is that none of us were hurt, he didn't get in to the homes and he was apprehended by the police. It certainly made for an exciting afternoon! I was ever so grateful that it's hard here in Australia to get a gun, because it was scary enough knowing he had a knife I can't imagine what it would have been like had he had a gun. We're very thankful to the Townsville Police that came to the scene so quickly and took the time to calm our fears, especially the kiddo's. We're also very grateful that they're so much braver than me because they walked through the jungle around our homes looking for him and there's no way I would be going in there having seen what I've seen come out of there! 😂

It's been a rollercoaster of a week. The rains have eased and the river levels are slowly dropping. There's going to be impacts on the transport network and so food, postage and people being able to move around will be slow for awhile. But all in all you have to just give thanks for all of our blessings.

Latest Podcast Episode

I'm so excited to release this episode of Fussy Cutters Club. I spoke to Adam last year and I've been busting to get it out into the wild but life has conspired. I do hope you'll listen, Adam is such a delight!

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Still More at 60% Off!

There's still ::so:: many amazing fabrics left in the shop that I want to go to a good home. Take advantage of this sale to add some amazing prints to your collection. Hurry stock is limited.... no code needed, discount applied at checkout.

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Monsoonal Rains

For those wondering what the river behind us looked like during the latest rains, here's a snapshot of the kiddo looking out from our back boundary. We were high and dry and counting our blessings.