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Pretty Paisley Dress

May 22, 2019May 24, 2019 by Alice Caroline

Sarah from the studio has made this Pretty Paisley Dress. Now that the summer is coming here in the UK we are all thinking about making lovely summer dresses. Liberty Tana Lawn is great for making lightweight summer dresses. It feels lovely next to the skin and is delicate enough to be lovely and cool. I asked Sarah about the sewing project. She said “I chose the pattern because I loved the style of the dress. I fell in love with the simple shape and the v-neckline really suits my figure. I’d been eyeing up the fabric in the studio …

Liberty Sewing Projects

May 9, 2019May 10, 2019 by Alice Caroline

Anna JP has been using the Liberty darks small pieces pack to make more Liberty Sewing Projects. I absolutely love this gorgeous tea cosy. Maybe it is an English tradition, but a tea cosy means that you can make a pot of tea (which always tastes better than dipping a tea bag into a mug) and drink several cups at the right temperature. Anna JP says “This is made by sewing parallel strips of different widths, which are then joined together into an irregular pattern. I tried to balance out the prints so that my preferred ones took …

Liberty Ultimate Shift Dress – Sew Over It Pattern

April 11, 2019April 12, 2019 by Alice Caroline

Laura has made a Liberty Ultimate Shift Dress using the Sew Over It pattern. She has used a fabric that I really love – Yoshie – which is available in a few really pretty colour ways. The fabric is on sale at the moment too which is great news – makes it a little cheaper. I’ve been really excited about these Sew Over It patterns coming in. Lots of us are beavering away at making various clothes using them. Laura talks about the make here. “Moving from season to season I find I completely forget how to wear my clothes. Does …

Liberty Fat Quarter Bundles – Whose do you like best?

April 5, 2019March 8, 2019 by Alice Caroline

To celebrate International Women’s Day, the lovely, creative and hardworking ladies of Alice Caroline have put together their very own fat quarter bundle. They are going to keep a close eye as to which pack is the most popular. It’s a bit of fun but also brings out the super competitive side of some members of the team (I’m not mentioning any names here). You can see the selections below and their reasons for choosing their bundle. Sara said “Donna Leigh is one of my all time favourite fabrics. I chose this bundle as I really love the pink and …

Gorgeous Liberty Dress

February 11, 2019February 15, 2019 by Alice Caroline

Laura from the office has made this Gorgeous Liberty Dress. She’s used the Strawberry Thief fabric from the new 40th classics anniversary collection. It’s the same fabric as Annie’s dress last week. Both are really cute and work really well in this fabric. I asked Laura about the sewing project. She said “I fell in love with the green, teal and coral colours of this new Strawberry Thief print and just knew it would make a lovely dress! But what kind of dress, I wondered… It had to be a something simple that didn’t take away from the detailed print …

Beautiful Strawberry Thief Dress

February 7, 2019February 8, 2019 by Alice Caroline

Sarah from the studio has made this beautiful Strawberry Thief Dress from one of the new 40th Classics fabrics. She has made it for her daughter Annie who is a huge fan of the Strawberry Thief design. Annie has excellent taste. The fabric chosen is Strawberry Thief A from the new celebratory classics collection. The pattern is New Look 6444 using view D. It’s the same pattern as Gwen’s jumpsuit from last week. The top half of the design is the same on both views with a different bottom half. It creates a very different look for two sisters using the …

Strawberry Thief Knot Bag

January 28, 2019 by Alice Caroline

The lovely Dawn from the studio has made this Strawberry Thief Knot Bag to match her gorgeous UGG boots. She has used the colourway Strawberry Thief L. I asked Dawn about the sewing project. “I really liked the look of Alice’s knot bag pattern and it was easy to decide on the fabric. Strawberry Thief L matches my Ugg boots and a little scarf I made a few months ago! I lined the bag in plain Tana Lawn in black which was a practical choice. I just made a couple of tweaks to the pattern by adding a little …

Liberty Wide Leg Trousers

January 17, 2019January 18, 2019 by Alice Caroline

Anna has made these Liberty Wide Leg Trousers using the new fabric ‘Painted Journey‘. I absolutely love wide leg trousers and these ones certainly stand out. They are slightly crazy but we all love them in the studio. Everyone has had a go at trying them on. Anna went away over the Christmas break with the fabric to make these. When it came to the final fitting of the trousers, Christmas eating meant that she couldn’t quite do the zip up when trying on. She’s been obsessively running ever since! On photography day, she just about managed to squeeze into …

Gorgeous Liberty Quilt As You Go Quilt

January 10, 2019January 11, 2019 by Alice Caroline

Anna JP has made this Gorgeous Liberty Quilt using a combination of the two latest Liberty fabric collections. It has beautiful fabrics from both the Classics 40th anniversary collection and the SS19 seasonal collection. The Quilt as you go technique is really simple. It’s a great way of getting a quilt result in quilting. The method means that you have a backing piece of fabric (right side down), place your wadding on top of that and then quilt your panels onto the front. In this case it is strips of whole width of fabric. Here are some of Anna’s …

English Eccentrics SS19 Liberty Collection

December 20, 2018January 1, 2019 by Alice Caroline

Also brand new and out today is the English Eccentrics SS19 Liberty Collection. It’s a vibrant and diverse collection for Spring Summer 2019. The collection is inspired by seven English eccentric characters. This spans several decades and covers a wide diversity of genres. Their wide-reaching travels inspire their work and have enriched British culture and history. Historical figures such as King George IV who built the exotic and fantastical Brighton Pavilion (an Indian inspired seaside retreat filled with Chinoiserie and oriental opulence), Roald Dahl, Virginia Woolfe, the botanist Marianne North and John Lenon. I’ve put the fabric into some gorgeous fat …

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