Posted on 19/03/10, filed under Liberty Loves | No Comments
Lucky Lips Genie Lady licks her lips at our Moorcroft pottery in our Quilty Pleasures windows
A finger lickin' good quilt by Amanda Fatherazi
What number does a girl dial for? Quilt window by Amanda Fatherazi
How “finger licking good” are our Quilty Pleasures windows! Our VM team comissioned a selection of textile artists namely Amanda Fatherazi (of Best of British fame), embroideress Lou Gardiner and quilt maker extraordinaire Karen Nicol to bring the medium to risque new heights and to be as far removed from patchworks fuddy duddy nature. Inspiration was drawn from provocative 1960s film posters and believe me Quilts have never been this sexy. I love Amanda Fatherazi’s (Joanie from Mad Men style quilt) What number does a girl dial for? And Lou Gardiner’s Lucky Lips Genie Lady with licking lips eyeing up our Moorcroft pottery! Come on down to Great Marlborough Street to see them now. Tongues are wagging around the neighbourhood!
More Quilty Pleasures fun next week with interview with the Quilt artists!
PS These quilts are available to buy and ready for your bed from 12th April if you would like to purchase or would like any more info contact nhaigh@liberty.co.uk
‘Hot Lunch’ by Amanda Fatherazi £2995, The Divorcee by Karen Nicol £2995, The Marriage Manual by Karen Nicol £1995, Male Service by Amanda Fatherazi £2499, ‘I Want You’ by Louise Gardiner £4995.
An eiderdown your Gran most certainly didn't have and the dress of the spring from Christopher Kane
Posted on 18/03/10, filed under News | No Comments
Get your pencils ready quilters here is the line up of Quilty Pleasure events happening at Liberty this spring…
1. Quilty Pleasures- The season of quilts at Liberty extends through the store with a selection of amazing examples draped from our atriums with Katherine May’s Barbie and Action man quilts and her Liberty Charity quilt amongst others all ready to peruse from today (18th March) until 12th April.
2. Quilty Pleasure windows- Quilts at Liberty are not as you know them. We’ve comissioned textile artists Amanda Fatherazi (Of Best of British fame) and Lou Gardiner to turn the humble quilt into an exciting portal for the voyeur. Come gaze through our windows on Great Marlborough Street from today and all will be revealed!
3. Haberdashery- Is quilt heaven with a library of interesting books on the topic (especially Sue Prichard’s new book Quilt 1700-2010) bundles of patchwork fabrics, threads and accessories to create your own masterpiece.
4. Selvedge- A quilting talk with Becky Oldfield founder of Lost and Found, a company that marries quilting techniques with vintage fabrics to create original products. Talk will be hosted in store and will be £20 pounds per person and includes a glass of prosecco and savoury snacks. On 8th April from 18.00-20.00pm. Contact customer services on londonstorecustomerservices@liberty.co.uk for more details and to book.
5. Liberty Charity Quilt- We have comissioned textile artist Katherine May to create a one-off beautiful quilt made with Liberty print fabric and textiles and clothes from members of Liberty staff. This quilt will be auctioned for our charity of choice Variety Club on 6th April with final bid on the 16th April. Stay tuned to Ebay to place your bid for this piece of Liberty history.
6. Quilt Sewing school- As part of our sewing school schedule we are featuring some interesting quilt days in store.
“Home is where the heart is” 27th March with Janet Goddard
“Intermediate Patchwork” 1st May with Janet Goddard
Contact customer services on londonstorecustomerservices@liberty.co.uk for more details and to book.
Posted on 17/03/10, filed under News | No Comments
Tracy Emin's confessional bed quilt
Coverlet commemorating Wellington 1829
Tracy tells us like it is
The waiters at the V&A resplendant in Liberty print aprons
Liberty blog went undercover last night to check out the Quilt 1700-2010 preview and what a magic night, from Tracy Emin talking about the beauty and value of quilts to Sarah Brown perusing the finest on display with her mother. To top it off all waiters were resplendant in lovely Liberty print aprons. This exhibit is truly beautiful and sheds light on a very feminine art form. It opens this Saturday 20th March, but you can swot up now with the Quilt 1700-2010 book ready to buy online here.
I’ll leave you with a lovely quilt quote by Tracy Emin
“Making quilts isn’t just a graphic process, wrapped up with the production of sewing. It involves a lot of thought and love. Just the time involved in the process means many things are discussed and considered concerning life.”
