I went fabric shopping at Liberty London! Colorful prints fabric haul 

I bought several yards of 100% Liberty London when my daughter was around five or six years old. That was over 30 years ago. I made two dresses, mother and daughter Easter dresses. Heirloom Sewing. Those dresses look as good as the day I made them. LL is absolutely Quailty fabric that never goes out of style, and just silky and gorgeous. It was lined with 100% of the finest cotton batiste. French seams, and no surging whatsoever. I won purple rosettes at the county fair.

I love a good fabric love-at-first-sight story. Enjoy your treasures.

Looking forward to seeing these gorgeous fabrics made up.

Armchair traveling with a fabric lover is the best!!! How wonderful. The UK is my special happy place for some reason.

LOVE THAT FABRIC WITH THE BIG FLOWER COLOR POP! IT REMINDS ME OF SOME PETER MAX RETRO 60'S FLAVA! YESS!!!

Such pretty fabrics. Liked the Dan shirt fabric. But that last fabric.... WOWOWOW! Can't wait to see what you make. Well done.

Oh what a dream trip to go through Liberty of London IN LONDON and take in all those beautiful fabrics! 🤩

Beautiful Fabrics ❤I cannot wait to go to London.

Beautiful fabrics! Make the patterns that you want, if you are just short of fabric, you could always color block with one of the main fabric colors. Looking forward to your creations❤

Love how the royal purple of your Liberty shopping bag tones with all your purchases! I'd love to see what happens to all the scraps/offcuts, never mind the frocks themselves!

OMG I love all of the fabrics you got. The really retro, Peter Max-ish one in two pieces is my fav. I think I'd approach that by designating the smaller piece for the sleeves (I gotta have sleeves, even if it's from a shirt underneath). Also, with such a big print, I'd go for a simple style anyway, without a lot of pieces or dense gathering, and I think it's plenty for that. What fun! Also fun to watch. It's nice to find another sewist who likes funky fabrics like I do ;)

I can see the orange, pink and purple psychedelic fabric being a 70s style sundress! I’m glad you got the silk you wanted. I rarely regret buying something so pretty! But I do if I leave it behind. Happy Birthday!🎉 You should try Pattern Scout Studios patterns. Hers always come out great for me.

All beautiful fabrics. You did a wonderful job with your selections. When there are so many different choices I find it extremely difficult to make a decision on them

Lucky you!!! Thank you for sharing your visit to Liberty!!! I was in London once, before sewing, and didn't know that such a place existed. I am so happy for you that you were able to have this experience. Also, I love that you bought so many beautiful things, not available in the US. As a person who always buys things on sale because of my budget, I lived vicariously through your lovely haul. Thank you for sharing.♥💜💙

Love all your choices...yum. Lived in London in the 80's spent quite a lot of time up there on Liberty's fabric floor...also the café with French press coffee and tablecloths to the floor.

I knew you would buy the crepe de chine!! Awesome!

I love how every fabric you chose coordinates with the Liberty bag!!!😃💜💜Thanks for sharing, Liberty is such an amazing place!!!

OOOHHHH!! I AM DROOLING AT THE LAST FABRIC! FABULOUS THE WRAP DRESS! YESS! THE WRAP DRESS!!

Your fabrics from London are breathtaking!

Oh man! Now I'm going to have to shop at Liberty London and be absolutely broke! LOL!! Gorgeous fabrics! I loved this video and the fabrics you picked out. What I like about your channel is the bright bold colors that you sew with. So fun! They are the colors that I would pick out!!

Lucky Duck! I LOVE Liberty fabric--boy would I love to have some Liberty bedding! Talk about luxurious and beautiful!

The fabrics you bought are beautiful.

Thanks for sharing! What a dream come true . Lovely building and fabulous fabric we can't get in USA.

I never felt the need to go to London, until now.........

Toni your fabric selections are stunning. The Liberty store is amazing too. I recently started buying from Minerva Fabrics in the UK they some beautiful fabrics also. I also wanted to tell you that the tribute to your Aunt was beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with us. Glad to see you again.

I love, love, love colorful prints and will be going to Liberty London in July. Thank you for taking us along on your fabulous shopping trip. I can't wait to see them in person!

So excited to see them made up! Happy you went for it!!!🎉

Love if dress pattern works for a statement!!!

That silk is yummy! Well done you!

The most gorgeous fabrics!!!❤

I’m a new subscriber so I’m going back through videos. These fabrics are giving me LIFE❤❤❤ I love that you are ok with getting what you want. Trying to figure where I’ll do my annual birthday sewcation.,. You got me smiling. Thanks for sharing

Oh my goodness me, I am so envious of your beautiful fabrics. Liberty tana lawn ( the a is pronounced ah) is the most beautiful fabric in the world, cotton that drapes but behaves itself when stitching. Your Sauve will look gorgeous, I have 2, one with and the other without the elastic waist. Your silk is to die for, you are so lucky to be able to afford the price tag, the dress pattern yo have chosen will show it off. What great choices, good luck and happy sewing!

Stunning fabrics! I would go crazy. ❤

Love the silk, can’t wait to see what you make up in any of the fabrics. If I ever travel to Europe I’m going to Liberty.

WOW THAT RETRO PRINT!!!!!!

My very first school sewing project I made with Liberty poplin, not the tana lawn. I was 12 years old and didn’t really know how highly regarded it was 😂. It cost £2.95 per metre (in 1982) and was 3x the price of other cottons (£0.99). It now costs £29 per metre. (USD conversion about x1.3)

Oh this reminds me of when I lived in Leicestershire and would take a coach to London for the day making a bee line to liberty’s. The silk satin is the best and worth every penny as are all your purchases. I have a mitre of white liberty’s silk still to cut into for a cami top so I’ll be watching your makes. Now I live in Portugal it’s rare for me to visit liberty’s but a must when I do.

Gorgeous fabric. You’ve whetted my appetite. I’m heading to London in a few weeks for the Chanel exhibit at the V&A and, of course, I will pop in to Liberty. The building is so stunning… a perfect backdrop to these beautiful fabrics. Suggestion: if you have any leftover yardage, it would make beautiful bias! Just saying….

That hot pink and purple made me think of the Beatles' Yellow Subberine.

That Liberty fabric is absolutely gorgeous...I would love to see closeups of the fabric

If I ever win the lottery then I would buy so much Liberty fabric!

Your fabrics are beautiful. I’m going to London in a few weeks and Liberty is on my list. I made the Avid Seamstress dress and love it. I made a Tana Lawn dress too and it’s beautiful, well worth the price of the fabric. Just imagine what that would cost retail! You said you didn’t have a lot of experience with silk. My best advice is to line your cutting table with tissue paper. I save tissue from gifts and iron it before I lay it out. That will keep the fabric from moving when you’re cutting. I just cut right through the tissue and the fabric. Can’t wait to see your dresses.

What fun to shop at the actual Liberty store. I get my Liberty fabrics from JoAnn's Fabrics ( yes they had some about a year ago) and FabricMartfabrics who also had some Liberty silks in the recent past, I recently purchased some nice cotton lawns and sateen's from Mood Fabrics and FabricMartFabrics recently. You are right, they are so much better that quilting cottons for garments.

Beautiful! I can hear some boomers (thunderstorms) in the background.

How fantastic to visit Liberty of London fabric store in London.‼️ The prices are a little high for me but I think I would have to buy something. Did they have a clearance section? 😅😂😊

Fabulous

I am so envious of your trip to Liberty! I went to Mood Fabrics in NYC but I ended up being so overwhelmed that I walked out without buying anything... I think Liberty would be a different experience. I have the exact same Tana lawn print that you showed after the very groovy fabric (love that one too!). Did you end up making that dress with the absolutely gorgeous satin? How was it to sew with? Slippery silk can be challenging.

Retro flow ahhhhh❤

When I make a silk top, I make two small envelopes of flesh coloured light material. Just a single fold of fabric with edges hemmed. I attach them to the seam allowance of the armholes. Cut a panty liner in half and place a half in each envelope to sit in the armpits, plastic out. Silk is vulnerable to both perspiration and deodorant.

So, I headed over here to like, subscribe and comment when you said "opera". So many people don't really dress up for theatre and opera these days and it's such a shame, since it's part of the experience. Found the same at Shen Yun lately - some people beautifully dressed (we had definitely made an effort) and others in very casual clothes. Hope we'll see some of these lovely fabrics made up soon and any tricks you have for keeping the silk in line, do let us know. I'm currently having unexpected trouble taking up the hems of a pair of soft, drapey viscose/linen trousers - the fabric keeps catching on the feed dogs. So, here I am finishing off after basting in some very smooth glass-type paper onto the underside of the fabric and it worked really well. I've only been to Liberty once (even though I live in Scotland) and it was a bewildering experience. I think you definitely need a plan of "att.ck". You did well. xx

I bought several fabrics at the Liberty and send them to where I used to live in Beijing, when I was working there. (I am Japanese, and was an expat) A lot of my Chinese friends asked me "This is cotton, but the touch is like silk. What is the material? and how did you get them???" It was fun to talk about British fabrics with them. Maybe fashion is universal.

A meter is slightly over 3 inches more than a yard.

I live half an hour away from Libertys in London

For the last fabric. The really expensive one, I would find some super cheap faux silk and make the dress from it 1st as a test. You should be able to find something on line for 3 bucks a yard.

The dress would look more retro in my opinion !

Know how hard it is to make the first cut. I did some fabric dying and love the result and still haven't cut it, has been 5+ years lol

Have you made the dress with the silk fabric? It is stunning and would love to see your resulting gown.

Good video

Great video. Honestly those prices seem pretty reasonable for such high quality fabrics. How do you launder Tana lawn? I've never sewn with it but this video is tempting me to try it! Loved the tour of the store and the unboxing. ❤❤

It would be helpful to see the patterns closer up and not moved around so much. The fabric is gorgeous!

Beautiful choice

My JoAnns here in Indiana has liberty fabric it expensive.

make the dress in the pink/orange fabric

Do you have good men's shirt patterns?

is that thunder storm i can hear in background?

Can we buy from US

Gorgeous fabric but it's a shame you are so far away from the camera, can't really appreciate them or see your patterns so well