I'm sorry I've been absent from the blog recently. With the Easter holidays and Mabel being off the last 3 weeks from Pre-school it inevitably lead to me falling behind on things like the blog! It doesn't mean that I haven't been sewing though. So I thought I'd do a quick catch up post with…

Image Source: Homespun Bees Knees: Noun. the bee's knees pl (plural only) (idiomatic, colloquial) Something or someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, or cool. In my opinion, Liberty of London tana lawn, is the bees knees, especially when combined with big stitch hand quilting. I love sewing with beautiful lawn fabrics, especially in the scrappy, "almost" kantha-like style. Using small pieces of these precious fabrics to create a panel, which I then baste to a layer of batting and stitch…

Liberty of London Love - English Paper Piecing stars made from Liberty Lawns - Diary of a Quilter - a quilt blog

Deborah Louie sets herself apart in the quilting world by taking advantage of all of those stitches on your sewing machine.

Love Liberty Customers! - I love my customers - they are full of sewing tips and ideas. Tracy Aplin, one of my customers has made this beautiful quilt

Welcome to another installment of our European field trip. This is our eagerly anticipated visit to Liberty of London, the company famed for its designer...

A few weeks ago I received the loveliest parcel from Liberty of London. And I may have pinched myself just a little. Because I never imagined I would ever be on the radar of the Liberty of London. I've been a Liberty fan since I lived in London in the early 90's. And even more...Read More

Central panel of Liberty quilt. Slow progress

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