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Beautiful Quilt SOS Quilt

June 26, 2020 by Alice Caroline

We’ve received the first beautiful Quilt SOS Quilt into the studio for our 2020 project. It’s a completely stunning quilt which has so much detail within it. It’s a quilt that is full of fun and interest and therefore perfect for a child. It has been made by Kathryn Ross and was inspired by her daughters bedroom floor and by Arbury Hall. The Quilt SOS project is now in its 5th year – later on this year we are taking the quilts to London to be given to the children and their mothers currently seeking refuge in the safe houses …

Mitsi Mustard Liberty Shirt

June 5, 2020 by Alice Caroline

Anna JP from the office has made this lovely Mitsi Mustard Liberty shirt for her son. It uses one of our exclusive fabrics from 2019 in one of the most popular Liberty prints. The Mitsi mustard design is inspired by Japanese cherry blossom. As Anna says, it looks rather like the hawthorn ‘may’ flower that we see here in the spring hedgerows. Here’s what Anna had to say about the project. “Following the success of Isaac’s “Walter+Gilbert” Christmas prezzie shirt, I was interested to see if I would enjoy the sewing process more if I had less of a pattern-matching challenge. …

Liberty Baby Romper Suit

May 29, 2020 by Alice Caroline

Kathy from the studio has made this adorable Liberty Baby Romper Suit. She has used Liberty Tana Lawn in Theo. The fabric choice for this romper suit is perfect. Theo is a hand-drawn print created by Tamara de Peon and was inspired by Lewis Carroll’s beloved classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The design incorporates colourful creatures running, jumping and hopping around the fabric. I asked Kathy about her Liberty Baby Romper Suit. What was your inspiration for making it? “The new addition to the Knight family. We already knew it was going to be a little boy and I …

Beautiful Liberty Pyjamas

December 8, 2019 by Alice Caroline

Lara has made these Beautiful Liberty Pyjamas using one of the fabrics from the Christmas Liberty fabric collection. These are completely adorable and will make a great Christmas present. The fabric Lara has used is called ‘Liberty Christmas Y’ This range of fabrics were designed by Liberty to celebrate the festive season. It was inspired by the famous Liberty London store. The wooden panelling at the store has animals carved within it. This gorgeous fabric shows these cheeky animals ‘helping’ with seasonal preparations. I asked Lara about the sewing project. “I made my own pattern from an existing pair of …

Liberty Children’s Pyjamas

December 6, 2019 by Alice Caroline

Kathy from the office has made these super sweet Liberty Children’s Pyjamas. She has made them for Albert, her niece’s son using a Simplicity pattern (1574). I’m completely smitten with these gorgeous PJ’s – in fact I quite fancy making a larger pair for myself! I asked Kathy about making the pyjamas. “I chose the fabric because its just perfect for jammies for a child. The vibrant red is such a great colour and I loved the animals too. I chose the buttons to match the lion as they are a similar colour and wanted to bring out the …

Boys Liberty Shirt

August 2, 2019 by Alice Caroline

Anna JP from the office has made this lovely Boys Liberty Shirt for her son Isaac. It is a Walter/ Gilbert shirt for a very special year 6 leaver. The shirt is made using fabrics from the new AW19 Aesthetic Renaissance collection. Anna talks about the make here: “As I write this (on July 19th) it is my younger son Isaac’s last week at his lovely local primary school, where both my sons have done a lot of their growing up over the past nine years. Among the many milestone-marking events going on this week, Isaac was quite excited about …

Cute Animal Bag Pattern – Cat or Mouse

June 12, 2019April 5, 2019 by Alice Caroline

Alice Caroline showcased this Cute Animal Bag Pattern on the Sewing Quarter last weekend. It was so popular that I thought you may be interested in being able to buy the pattern for it. Laura from the office has guest designed this gorgeous bag for me. Everyone in the office and the studio has fallen in love with this bag. It’s a really clever design so that you can either make a cat or a mouse depending on which you, or your loved one, likes the best. I asked Laura a few questions about designing the bag. She told me …

SOS Quilts Arrive in Poland

December 6, 2018November 28, 2018 by Alice Caroline

Anna and I have just returned from Poland and are delighted to be able to share our story with you. All 66 wonderful quilts have now been delivered to a child in the Children’s SOS Village of Krasnik, south of Warsaw in Poland. Tuesday 20th November 2018 We started out from the Alice Caroline studio with 5 huge (and really heavy) bags of quilts which had been vacuum packed in order to fit them into the bag sizes we had. Getting the bags to the check in desk was quite a task. Bristol airport now charges for trolleys and …

Liberty Clothes for Little Ones

June 12, 2019August 24, 2018 by Alice Caroline

These simply gorgeous Liberty Clothes for Little Ones have been made by Sue Shoesmith from the Lewes Sewing Bees. She has used Phoebe and Yellow Mitsi from my new Alice Caroline Exclusive range. They work together in such a pretty way. These are such lovely colours for the summer. Sue has added some really sweet and vibrant buttons to the front of the dress which work really well with the reds in the Phoebe. Sue tells me a little more about her sewing past and present. “I learnt to sew from my mother who made all of her own clothes as …

Beautiful Boy Quilts

October 15, 2018December 15, 2017 by Alice Caroline

Before we took the Quilt SOS quilts off to Lithuania, we took some photographs of these beautiful boy quilts. This animal quilt is so sweet. Made by Margaret Lupton, I love the design. Mr Hedgehog and Mr badger are my favourites. I absolutely love seeing the amazing quilts arrive at the studio. We all get very excited when the parcels arrive. The patterns for the animals (except badger) are taken from an Elizabeth Hartman design called Fancy Forrest. We put all of the boy quilts together as we had such a wonderful number of them this year. Many of these …

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