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Liberty Celebrate 150 Years

****EDITED UPDATE****

The following is an email from Liberty and The Patchwork Collective.

Dear Retailers,
We are thrilled to hear that The Patchwork Collective has been so successful amongst your customers! With our complimentary kits being in demand and available on a first come first serve basis, we are already running low on stock across all our retailers and the Liberty flagship store.
To resolve this demand, you are welcome to encourage customers to use their own pre-bought Liberty fabric to create their patchwork block. Choosing fabric from their own stash or a selection of designs from current collections, allows each square to be totally unique to each customer, so don’t be afraid to get creative! Please feel free to use any additional fabrics although we do ask for at least 60% Liberty fabrics in their creation. 
As before, the customer should register their interest and return the kit to either yourself or Liberty by Friday 21st February 2025. The participant should also include a short note with the following information to credit the creator: their name, location, a short sentence on what inspired their patchwork square, and a few words on what Liberty means to them.
With current demands, we would also like to remind customers that their patchwork piece may be incorporated into the final in-store installation during May 2025; however, space is limited so we might be unable to feature everyone’s creations.
Wishing you a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
Best wishes,
The Patchwork Collective team

 

 

For 150 years, Liberty’s story has been woven alongside the artistic movement: a voyage of creativity and discovery through past, present and future that has shaped the fabric of our DNA.

Join us to celebrate their 150th anniversary: helping to bring this history to life. Liberty invite you, to collaborate in the creation of a new piece of art: a supersized patchwork quilt, comprised of hundreds of individual pieces – each created by you.

Destined to be displayed at Liberty in a special installation in May 2025, before living on in the Liberty archive, this collective artwork will tell a new story: the next chapter of Liberty’s history. A physical manifestation of the creativity, community, values and talent that make Liberty, Liberty.

Dust off your sewing machines and help us craft our patchwork living history.

How to get involved

Register with Liberty HERE  Just enter your email address in the space provided. They will forward all the information to you & Liberty will direct you to your closest participating store to pick up your pack.  Each kit contains 5 pieces of fabric, roughly 45cm x 20cm – these are a mix of Tana Lawn™️ and Lasenby cotton – and a returns slip which will help Liberty to identify each maker. Packs are limited and are first come first served. Feel free to also use your own Liberty fabrics.

The idea is that we all create a 25cm square using a free downloaded pattern from Liberty or your own design.

We are hosting a Liber-Tea for registered participants on Wednesday 15th January to get us all inspired. Click HERE for details.

Return your square to Liberty by Friday 21st February 2025. Make sure to complete your returns note, so Liberty can identify your unique square! If you are returning to us then please get it to us by Friday 14th February to give us time to post them all together.

Share your design on social media! We’d love to see your creations and process, simply tag us @libertylondon @libertyfabrics @coast&countrycraftsandquilts #LibertyPatchworkCollecive

Visit Liberty during May 2025 to for the big reveal of The Patchwork Collective installation in-store

 

***WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW***

  • You MUST be registered with Liberty to participate
  • You will need to create a 25×25 cm patchwork square.
  • You must leave a 1.5cm seam allowance around the edge of your square.
  • Download the free patchwork patterns, or use your own design if it matches the required dimensions.
  • Please use the Tana Lawn or Lasenby Cotton fabric provided by Liberty and/or own materials. We do ask for at least 60% Liberty fabrics in your creation!
  • Get personal – unique embroidery and embellishment very much encouraged! We’d love for each square to be entirely unique, so don’t be afraid to get creative!
  • Please DO NOT back your square. This is very important for the structure of the installation, and we may not be able to use your square if you have backed it.