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

Dawn’s Liberty Snowflake Quilt — English Paper Piecing with Tana Lawn Scraps

Dawn made this beautiful liberty snowflake quilt using scraps of Liberty Tana Lawn fabrics with english paper piecing and appliqué techniques. Featuring 35 snowflake blocks on Garden Trail quilting weight fabric with Betsy pentagon flowers, this liberty tana lawn quilt was finished with long-arm quilting — a wonderful way to use up your fabric stash. … 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

Liberty Christmas Tree Garland

Sarah from the studio loves Christmas.  She’s made this gorgeous Liberty Christmas Tree Garland as one of her projects this year.  Sarah always comes up with lovely Christmas ideas and I love sharing these with you for some seasonal inspiration. Sarah told me about the project: “I love Christmas, special times with family and friends, … Read more

Liberty Christmas Stocking & Decorations

Ruth from the studio has made these Liberty Christmas Stocking & Decorations. They are all made using a 2.5″ Christmas Charm pack showcasing how much you can make with one set of pretty Christmas Liberty fabrics. Ruth’s written a brief set of instructions for the Christmas stocking. You still have time to make one to … 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