Liberty London Advent Calendar
Lara from the studio has made this divine Liberty London Advent Calendar. Â Inspired by the Liberty London store, Lara’s advent calendar uses gorgeous Liberty to create a lovely festive calendar with pockets to stash daily treats.
Lara tells us how she made this lovely project. Â “Ever since my children were little I have been meaning to make an advent calendar, but every year the chocolate ones appear and I kick myself for not having made one!”
“When I was little, the opening of the ‘Christmas suitcase’ was an exciting event. Â Rediscovering the cherished ornaments, the glass baubles nestled in their beds of ancient tissue paper, the slightly bedraggled fairy; and my favourite – the glitter encrusted advent calendar, whose only reward was a tiny picture. Still, we loved it nonetheless!”
“Initially, I sketched out the design onto graph paper, where it was easy to break it down into sections. Then, I played around with a variety of Liberty fabrics to incorporate as many of my favourite prints as I could. I wanted to create a lovely Christmassy feel and produce something with a timeless quality to it. The wattle and daub of the Liberty of London building is created from Mitsi white on white and Strawberry Thief L and K, the stone frontage is a scrap of linen and the leaded windows are Adelajda C. The shop windows add a dash of fun with Midnight Mischief and the Christmas trees are from Wiltshire Glitter. I wanted to use something that represented the night sky and I also wanted to incorporate a fabric from the new Christmas range and I think you’ll agree that Gift Express A is perfect for that.”
