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Look what I found and just had to buy!  My love of Liberty Mitsi just grows and grows and to find these super cute Liberty shoes added quite an excitement to my day!  

Great for the summer to wear with jeans but look really lovely with skirts too.  May have bought them in Liberty Ciara fabric too!  Oops..

Buy Mitsi fabric here

 

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Thanks to my publisher, I can share these handy sewing tips with you from my recent book ‘Little Lady Liberty’.  Hopefully, you will find some of the techniques helpful when cutting, pinning and finishing seams.   I have also included clever methods of quickly sewing patchwork squares together, turning fabric tubes right side out, how to master button holes and a brief guide to hand sewn stitches.

Little Lady Liberty is packed with over 20 simple sewing projects for little girls from projects for the bedroom to twirly girly garments and many other pretty little things.  You can buy my book here.

 

 

 

 

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This lovely Liberty colour wheel quilt block was made for us from a Red Pepper Quilt design.  It looks great just as a one block design to make a hanging picture, or you can piece together lots of blocks to make a stunning quilt.  I just love the beautiful hand stitched detail that this colour wheel block has – you can really make this your own project by choosing your favourite designs and colours.  This is a perfect project for your stash of Liberty fabric scraps but would work just as well from any pretty palette of rainbow coloured fabrics.

 

You can get the Red Pepper Quilt tutorial to make the colour wheel block here and there is an extra tutorial to help you sew the curves which you can find here

My Liberty scrap packs are perfect for this project – you can buy them here

You can also buy the colour wheel block pattern from Red Pepper Quilts here

Thanks to Barbara Morrison for making it for Alice Caroline – I think it looks beautiful.

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A free party skirt pattern for you – one of the projects from my new book ‘Little Lady Liberty’.  I’ve used Liberty of London fabric but any pretty floral fabric would look great.

This is my modern take on the kind of heavily embellished, traditional skirt worn with pride on special occasions by girls and women from different cultures across the world.

If, like me, you have a closely guarded stash of ribbons, this is a great way to dip into your collection.  Take time to enjoy putting different combinations together, to create your very own heirloom masterpiece.  It’s surprising how easy it is to create such a show-stopper skirt.

Fabric:  I’ve used Diane C

Buy a signed copy of my book Little Lady Liberty here

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I’m in this months issue of Mollie Makes Magazine!  I’ve designed some sweet Liberty fabric balls for the nursery to stimulate baby’s senses.  I think they look really cute and am so pleased with how they look.  Very pleased to be in the lovely Mollie Makes Magazine too!  See below for the fabrics I’ve used. Fabrics:  You can use any bright colours to stimulate those baby senses but I’ve used these ones. Blue Ball: Queue for the Zoo D, Checkmate A, Sam C Bright Coloured Ball: Betsy S Hot Scarlet Magenta, Mitsi Green, Mitsi Hot Pink, Capel Turquoise and Mauvey C. Buy the Liberty fabric here

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I absolutely adore this super cute vintage dress made with one of my favourite fabrics from the Alice in Wonderland spring / summer Liberty collection. “Was I the same when I got up this morning?  I almost think I can remember feeling a little different.  But if I’m not the same, the next question is, who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle!” A fantastic quote from the Adventures of Alice in Wonderland – the fabric featured in this dress has been inspired by this quote and by the wonderful characters from the novel.   You can see characters like The Mat Hatter, The Queen of Hearts and Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum in the quirky fun fabric. Pattern: This dress was made using a vintage pattern, for a similar pattern use Simplicity 6095 Fabric:  Gallymoggers Reynard is available in three different colourways – view and buy them here The dress is finished with some lovely vintage buttons. Thank you so much to Catherine Armitage from www.lulumama.co.uk for making it for us.

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I am so excited to announce that we are now selling ‘Liberty Art Interior Fabrics’ from the gorgeous new collection based on the classic English children’s book ‘The Secret Garden’. The Collection – based on Burnett’s masterpiece, Liberty Interiors have created 10 new Liberty designs which are available in a selection of captivating colourways to bring the garden into your home this spring and summer. These stunning new fabrics are suitable for upholstery, curtains and cushions.  Make your own, or team up with your local seamstress or interior designer to create a beautiful look for your home.  They are available in a range of fabrics – velvet, heavy cotton, linen, silk linen and cotton linen. See the Secret Garden new Interiors collection here  

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