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Liberty Dress

July 30, 2020 by Alice Caroline

Lucy from the studio has made this stunning dress using one of the new fabrics from the AW20 collection – Private View. This is one of my favourite fabrics from this collection – I love the William Morris connection (it was inspired by the Morris Honeysuckle design) and this new interpretation has primulas and fritillaries in soft watercolours. I asked Lucy about the sewing project. I love the fabric you have chosen – Elm House A – what drew you to the design? “When I first flipped through the sample book for the Private View AW20 collection of Liberty …

Liberty Dog Coat

May 8, 2020 by Alice Caroline

Kathy has made this super sweet Liberty Dog Coat for her gorgeous Buzz. She used some of the Felix & Isabelle PVC coated fabric and lined it with an old cashmere jumper. Lucky Buzz! I asked Kathy about the project. What was your inspiration for making it and does Buzz love wearing it? “Buzz my furry baby needed a waterproof coat for the crazy amount of rain we had last winter. He wasn’t keen at first and just stood there not wanting to move.” Did you use a pattern? “I used a Simplicity pattern number 8824 but tis was …

Quilt SOS 2020 – It’s Finally Here!

April 9, 2020 by Alice Caroline

I’m really excited to be able to let you know that we have finally chosen a great charity with which to work for our Quilt SOS 2020 project. Now in its fifth year, the Quilt SOS project will aim to donate almost 70 beautiful, and lovingly made quilts to women and children who need them most. We are excited to be able to launch the project at a difficult time for everyone globally, and hope that sewing for a charitable cause can lift the spirits of people isolated at home. This year the project sees a change in the charity …

Liberty Sewing Projects

May 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 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 …

Gorgeous Liberty Dress

February 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 …

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