Alice's Country Diary Quilt Book
Celebrate the Beauty of the British Countryside in Fabric and Thread.
Alice’s Country Diary Quilt Book brings together Liberty prints, English Paper Piecing, embroidery and beautiful botanical drawings to help you create a gorgeous heirloom quilt.
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Alice’s Country Diary Quilt
Alice’s Country Diary Quilt combines the wonderful technique of English Paper Piecing (EPP) with beautiful hand embroidery and appliqué.
“I love wildflowers, and thought I knew a lot about them until I started walking a lot more several years ago. I began to really take notice when sketching the plants in the hedgerows and woodlands of my surrounding countryside. This quilt was inspired by those lovely walks xo.”
Botanical Embroideries
There are 25 different botanical embroideries in total, featuring wildflowers and some butterflies and insects too! Each embroidery is framed with a beautiful EPP border. Learn new skills, or develop existing ones; we provide full instructions for embroidery stitches including satin, daisy chain, French knots and many more.
Varied techniques
This lovely heirloom quilt combines the techniques of embroidery for the beautiful botanical designs, English Paper Piecing for the surrounding rings, appliqué and super simple patchwork to bring it all together at the end. Learn new skills, or develop existing ones – they are all surprisingly easy to learn!
Unique Design
Alice’s quilt is completely unique. She was inspired as a child by watching her grandmother and mum sew with Liberty fabric as well as creating beautiful embroideries too. She’s combined these techniques in this stunning quilt. Each botanical scene has been carefully crafted by Alice and is inspired by the English countryside.
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We’ve put together the perfect bundle to make this quilt
Your bundle includes 29 beautiful Liberty Tana Lawn® fabrics carefully chosen to create the perfect look for your Alice’s Country Diary Quilt.
16 different bright rainbow colours for the outer rings and 13 different fabrics for the paler inner rings – all in gorgeous Liberty Tana Lawn.
Your fabric bundle also includes:
43 curated DMC Mouliné Spécial threads needed to make the quilt.
EPP pre-cut paper shapes for the whole quilt – papers can be re-used several times again for additional projects.
Signed copy direct from Alice
All copies of the Alice’s Country Diary Book will be personally signed by Alice xo
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Alice's Country Diary Quilt
Make an heirloom quilt your family or friends will cherish for generations
This quilt was originally designed as a Block of the Month Club. many of our lovely customers have already enjoyed making it.
“I had done very little embroidery before embarking on the Country Diary quilt as a BOM (Block of the Month Club). I was a little nervous but needn’t have worried as the explanation of the various stitches involved was very clear and thorough. The EPP rings went together really well and were relaxing to do. After appliquéing each square block there was a real sense of achievement! Thank you Alice for designing such a beautiful quilt.”
Louise, UK
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£19.99
- Alice's Country Diary Quilt Book
- Signed copy
- Support a small independent retailer
- Detailed illustrated instructions of every block
- Beautiful & inspirational imagery
- BONUS: Exclusive access to private Facebook group
£375
- Specially curated selection of Liberty Tana Lawn® fabrics
- DMC Embroidery Threads for embroidery
- Bespoke EPP Paper Shapes Bundle
- BONUS: Exclusive access to private Facebook group
- Note: Background white fabric is not included
£395
£385
- Specially curated selection of Liberty Tana Lawn® fabrics
- DMC Embroidery Threads for embroidery
- Bespoke EPP Paper Shapes Bundle
- Signed copy of Alice's Country Diary Book
- BONUS: Exclusive access to private Facebook group
- Note: Background white fabric is not included
£75
- Specially curated Alice's Country Diary Aurifil Thread collection for English Paper Piecing
- EPP glue pen and glue refills
- Bespoke Thread Organiser
- 6" Embroidery Hoop
- Heat erasable Frixion pen
- Clover Gold Eye Needles size 10
- Support a small independent retailer
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We love our quilty friends – here are some kind words they’ve said about our Alice's Country Diary Quilt
Some more kind words from customers who've made Alice's Country Diary Quilt
“Finally finished my quilt. I have decided to gift it to my daughter for her 16th birthday. I have really enjoyed creating this quilt, especially the mixture between hand embroidery, EPP and appliqué.”
Alison
“I’ve had my kit for about 5 weeks and I just finished the sixth block. they are coming out beautifully! I’m just thrilled! I can’t wait to finish it. I am already planning on how I will quilt the finished top. What fun!.” Diana
“I am nearly finished with the embroidery and patchwork which I have so loved doing. Mindfulness in a stitch!” Susan Younger
“I have learned so much from the project and am thrilled with it – the imperfections show me how far I have come.” Wendy
Starting on a new or reinvigorated sewing journey
- Even if you've not embroidered before, we will show you how
- Gain a sense of accomplishment by learning new sewing skills
- Sewing can be both meditative and calming - something we could all do with these days.
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Hey, I'm Alice!
I’ve always loved playing with fabrics, finding particular joy in combining colours. Finding a snippet of Liberty amongst my grandmother’s quilting stash of worn-out dresses and vintage fabrics was always a highlight and, from there, my passion for Liberty fabrics grew.
Trained in scientific research, I’ve kept my passion for sewing alive throughout my Ph.D in genetics, selling handmade bags at student fairs. It was from here that I started my business, Alice Caroline. I now enjoy running my own business and designing sewing patterns and kits, which are stocked in the iconic Liberty of London store. Alice Caroline specialises in Liberty fabrics, sending Liberty fabrics, patterns and kits all over the world.
In my Country Diary Quilt, I’ve brought together my scientific curiosity and my love of design; it features 25 embroidered blocks celebrating British wildflowers. Each one is stitched with an eye for beauty yet also rooted in research, drawing on the history, folklore and medicinal stories of the plants. This quilt celebrates the meeting place of science and creativity, keeping alive both the heritage of quilt-making and the wonder of the natural world.
Alice xoxo
FAQs
You have questions? We have answers!
- Rotary cutter & cutting mat
- Hand sewing needle, embroidery needle
- Scissors
- Pins or quilt clips
- Erasable pen or marker
- 6″ embroidery hoop
- Sewing machine
- Sewing thread
- DMC embroidery thread in specific colours
- Wadding: minimum 78’ x 78” (198cm x 198cm)
- Backing: Minimum 78” x 78” (198cm x 198cm) quilting cotton
- Binding: 11” x 54” Tana Lawn, or 13″ x 44″ Quilting Cotton. 7.75 yards (7m) if using pre-made bias binding
- We have an ‘Alice’s Country Diary Bundle’ available on our website which you may find useful
You will receive all of the Liberty Tana Lawn® fabrics needed to create the top of the Alice’s Country Diary quilt. Click here to see the fabrics included.
You will also receive a complete set of DMC special embroidery threads – 43 skeins in total comprising of 40 different colours.
Also included are a full set of EPP bespoke papers required to make the quilt.
Please Note: You will NOT receive the following in this fabric bundle: The white quilting cotton background fabric, binding or backing fabric. We have separate products for these:
Background Fabric
Backing Fabric
Binding Fabric
The fabric amount included is plenty to make your blocks, with a small amount left over. Make sure you keep any scraps to use for tiny scrappy projects.
This quilt is suitable at both a beginner and intermediate sewing level (although even if you are a super experienced sewer you will still love taking part in making this quilt).
Finished quilt size is 68” x 68” (172cm x 172cm)
Yes we can, but due to the weight, non-UK customers are limited to one book per order. If more than one book is ordered for delivery outside the UK, we will contact you to request a £10 surcharge (per book) to help cover shipping.
All books will be personally signed by Alice unless you request for it to not be signed.
Yes we do. You can find the correct amount of fabric required HERE
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