Louise’s Kaleidoscope Top in Liberty Tana Lawn — SS22

Louise from our production studio has jumped back into dressmaking after 40 years and has made this gorgeous kaleidoscope top using Kaleidoscope C from the new Liberty SS22 collection, The Wonderful Fantastical. Louise talks us through her make: “Here at Alice Caroline, we are often asked whether we would like to make anything when new fabric … Read more

Laura’s Lantana Dress in Decadent Blooms — Liberty Wool

Laura has made this gorgeous lantana dress, the new wool and cotton blended fabric from Liberty.  We’ve got six of these Lantana fabrics in stock at Alice Caroline HQ and they do not disappoint.  Super soft to the touch like Tana Lawn® but with that extra warmth and heaviness of wool. Here’s Laura to tell … Read more

Komebukuro Liberty Rice Bags — Japanese Sewing Pattern Make

Anne and Gill from the Lewes Sewing Bees have made these mini Komebukuro Liberty fabric rice bags from fabric scraps. This traditional Japanese sewing pattern creates fully reversible bags — perfect handmade gifts with so many uses. I asked them about the bags: Anne says “I love Susan Briscoe’s book Japanese Quilt Inspirations and in … Read more

Sarah’s Wiltshire Blueberry Skirt — Butterfly Garden Exclusive

Sarah from the studio has made this super pretty Wiltshire Blueberry Skirt using one of the exclusives from my recent ‘Butterfly Garden‘ collection. I love seeing what people make using the fabrics we’ve designed.  The skirt that Sarah has made is simply lovely.  It uses the delicate tones of the Wiltshire Blueberry fabric in a … Read more

Gill’s Quilted Liberty Jacket in Anna’s Garden — Butterfly Garden

Gill Nicholls from the Lewes Sewing Bees has made this stunning Quilted Liberty Jacket.  She’s used Anna’s Garden Teal from my exclusive ‘Butterfly Garden’ collection and has lined it with Plain Light Pink Tana Lawn.  I thoroughly enjoyed modelling this beautiful jacket and quite fancy making one myself!  I asked Gill about the project.   … Read more

Butterflies and Buds Liberty Quilt in Butterfly Garden Exclusives

Veronica Greenslade from the Lewes Sewing Bees has made this stunning butterflies and buds Liberty quilt using the exclusive Butterfly Garden collection. Featuring appliquéd butterflies rising from a floral vase arrangement, this spring-inspired quilt showcases Anna’s Garden, Felicite Teal and Wiltshire Blossom with pieced borders and hand quilting detail. I asked Veronica about the quilt: … Read more

Laura’s Liberty Patchwork Dress — Butterfly Garden Collection

Laura has made this completely gorgeous patchwork dress using the new ‘Exclusive Butterfly Garden Collection‘.  Having been involved in the design process of this fabric collection, she couldn’t decide which fabric to make a dress out of so used lots of them.     These are Laura’s wise words about the sewing project:   “To … Read more

Liberty Snowflakes Quilt — English Paper Pieced Blocks in 48 Different Fabrics

I wanted to showcase The Liberty Snowflakes Quilt that we have shown on Hochanda TV as it’s so beautiful. Kathy has made this version of the quilt after I designed it a couple of years ago.  She’s been desperate to start another EPP (English Paper Piecing) project since her first one last year and this … Read more

Lara’s AW20 Liberty Dress in Star Anise — Dottie Angel

Lara from the studio has made this gorgeous Liberty AW20 Dress using ‘Star Anise A’ from the new AW20 collection.  Louise (also from the studio) is modelling the dress here.   I asked Lara about the sewing project.   What fabric did you use and why? “The main body of the dress uses ‘Star Anise … Read more

Anna’s Kimono Top in Elm House Tencel — AW20 Collection

Anna JP from the office has made this beautiful Liberty Kimono Top.  She’s used a Elm House Tencel fabric from the new AW20 collection – Private View.     This is what Anna had to say about the make.  “I was so happy to learn that Liberty’s new seasonal collection included some prints on the … Read more