Liberty Raincoat in Felix & Isabelle PVC — A Spring Coat with Toggle Buttons

Liberty oilcloth raincoat

Laura has been really busy and made this rather lovely Liberty Raincoat.  She’s used our matt coated PVC Felix & Isabelle fabric. Laura LOVES the snow!  She comes from Sydney and has come to work at Alice Caroline recently.  Laura doesn’t ever get snow in Sydney and has loved being in England this winter – a proper … Read more

Liberty Easter Eggs — Decoupage Project Plus Easter Basket and Gift Box

Laura in the studio has been busy making these super beautiful Liberty Easter Eggs She has made them using muted pretty pastel colours all in gorgeous Liberty florals.  They make perfect little Easter gifts filled with yummy chocolate eggs.  This is a really easy and quick project to make.  She’s also made a pretty Easter … Read more

Sewing Skills in Uganda — How FOAG Craft Charity Helps Young Tailors

My parents, Christopher and Jane Sturdy, have recently returned from a visit to some young people who are learning new sewing skills in Uganda.  I thought you might be interested in their trip and the story of their visit.  They have belonged to a Worcestershire based charity for over 30 years called FOAG (Farmers Overseas … Read more

Liberty Fabric Sale

I’ve got another special Liberty Fabric Sale coming up so I thought I’d let you know the date well in advance.  Pop the date of Saturday 3rd March in your diary and head on back here to choose from hundreds of Liberty remnants. I literally have mountains of Liberty fabric to clear!  Please take some … Read more

Sweet Liberty Quilt — Designed for Popular Patchwork Magazine

This Sweet Liberty quilt was designed by Alice for Popular Patchwork magazine, featuring a contemporary triangle patchwork in bright and colourful Liberty prints mixed with a fun newsprint fabric. The modern design combines different-sized triangles with plain Tana Lawn for a bold, graphic look — and there’s a quilt kit available for the top and … Read more

Liberty Summer Dress in Magical Bouquet — The Washi Dress by Rae Hoekstra

When one of my super lovely customers Tracy Aplin said she liked a fabric on Instagram, I asked her if she fancied making a Liberty Summer Dress from it.  She said yes and ta da – here it is.  Anna’s modelling Tracy’s rather gorgeous dress.   The fabric:  The fabric for the Liberty summer dress … Read more

New Liberty Classics

Liberty have launched some lovely New Liberty Classics so I thought, what better to do than to share! The Liberty design team have been playing around with the scales and colourways of some classic Liberty prints.  These sweet prints are small and medium florals with some William Morris influences too.  The prints feel rather like … Read more

Liberty Floor & Scatter Cushions — Log Cabin Patchwork Tutorial

We’ve been busy in the studio making these liberty fabric floor and scatter cushions using the log cabin quilting design. The cushion sewing project uses fabrics from the Alpine Symphony and Pocket Full of Memories collections, with sizes from 16 inch scatter cushions up to 27 inch floor cushions. The log cabin block is a … Read more

Beautiful Boy Quilts in Liberty Fabrics — Handmade Quilts for the SOS Project

Before we took the Quilt SOS quilts off to Lithuania, we photographed these beautiful boy quilts made from gorgeous Liberty fabrics. From animal designs to geometric childrens quilt patterns, our charity boy quilts came in a wonderful variety of styles perfect for quilting for boys of all ages — each one made with love by … Read more