English Paper Piecing Top Tips For Beginners

English Paper Piecing Top Tips

We love English paper piecing here at Alice Caroline. It’s a lovely hand-sewing technique that is incredibly addictive! Here are our top tips for English paper piecing: Get comfortableBefore starting EPP, find a really comfortable sewing position. Posture is incredibly important when you are sitting and hand-sewing for hours. Time seems to stand still when … Read more

The Transatlantic Love and Kisses Quilt — A Community Patchwork Project for Quilt SOS

This transatlantic quilt brought together 75 quilters from the UK, US and Canada to create the Love and Kisses community patchwork quilt for Quilt SOS. Coordinated by Suzanne Campion and Leisa White, each maker contributed Liberty fabric blocks inspired by Jenni Smith’s Quilting with Liberty book, before the international charity quilt was gifted to GARAS. … Read more

Quilt SOS Final Destination — Delivering 30 Handmade Quilts to GARAS in Gloucester

Quilt SOS

The Quilt SOS final destination saw over 30 lovingly handmade quilts delivered to GARAS in Gloucester, bringing warmth and comfort to refugee families starting new lives in the UK. This charity quilt delivery was photographed at Gloucester Cathedral in the snow before being handed over to the GARAS resettlement team for their community quilt journey … Read more

A Liberty Quilt SOS Story — Sue’s Scrappy Tana Lawn Quilt from Donated Fabrics

Quilt SOS Liberty Quilt

This liberty quilt sos story follows Sue Davis-Haller’s charity quilt, made entirely from 130 Liberty Tana Lawn prints donated by Mireille Wagner in Luxembourg. Using foundation paper piecing and the Love and Kisses block pattern from Jenni Smith’s book, Sue created a scrappy patchwork quilt that was long arm quilted by Fabadashery before being delivered … Read more

Lucy’s Liberty Christmas Jumper

Lucy’s Liberty Christmas Jumper is a lovely appliqué project that can be made in a couple of hours. Lucy tells us about her up-cycle project below. “This year instead of going out and buying myself a new Christmas jumper I decided to get stuck into a bit of festive up-cycling. I have had a sweater … Read more

Handmade Liberty Tana Lawn Christmas Trees

Ellie has made these adorable Handmade Liberty Tana Lawn Christmas Trees using a selection of her favourite Liberty prints. These are so fun and a lovely addition to any Christmas decoration. A lovely easy Christmas sewing project in the run up to Christmas. Ellie tells us about her project. “I saw these adorable Christmas trees … Read more

Super Sweet Liberty Bear Collars — Cute Sewing Accessories for Teddies

Ruth from the studio has made these super sweet Liberty bear collars for her daughters’ teddies — a cute kids sewing project using just a small piece of Liberty Tana Lawn and Oakshott fabric to add a beautiful touch to a loved toy. “I was at my niece’s house one day when I noticed a … Read more

Beautiful Liberty Blouse — Lucy’s Rosanna Ruffle Top in Tana Lawn

Liberty shirt

Lucy from the studio has made this beautiful liberty blouse using one of the Liberty blouse patterns — The Rosanna Ruffle Top in cotton lawn fabric. I absolutely love to see what other people make using Liberty Tana Lawn fabrics as it’s so varied. This womens blouse is gorgeous. “For me this fabric has just … Read more

Japanese Inspired Mitsi Quilt — Cherry Blossom Liberty Patchwork

Liberty quilt

This Japanese inspired Mitsi liberty quilt was made by Anna using the quilt-as-you-go technique with two colourways of the beautiful Liberty Mitsi print. Featuring delicate cherry blossom motifs, this cosy lap quilt is a perfect Asian inspired quilting project. “Mitsi was designed by Gillian Farr, a member of the Liberty Fabrics studio in the 1950s. … Read more

Laura’s Liberty Edenham Dress — A Heartwarming Tale for Rose

Liberty dress

As promised, here is the second half of Laura’s tale of the Liberty edenham dress! This time using the lovely Edenham U cotton fabric. If you haven’t read the first half of this delightful story, you can find it here. “This dress is the second half of a sweet little story about a lovely person that … Read more