Laura

In the last ten years, the number of designer makers has increased and we are seeing a continuing trend for handmade items as opposed to mass manufactured items. With online marketplaces sites such as Etsy and Folksy giving people the opportunity to sell their handmade crafts both in the UK and internationally; the number of crafters is building. Crafts allow...

At Calico Laine we primarily stock dressmaking fabrics and this is what we specialise in. We do however have a select number of products that can be used for household furnishing and one of the most popular of these is our baize fabric. Baize is usually a woollen cloth or wool mix fabric that does not have a nap which gives it...

With many dressmaking projects you are inevitably going to need some form of fastening to finish the garment and allow you in and out of the item; with the most popular fastening for most dressmakers being a zip. If you do not have a local haberdashery store near you, you may need to Buy Zips Online and Calico Laine can...

A Haberdashery product that has been around for many years and is particularly useful for the sewing enthusiast and crafters is Velcro. Invented in 1948 by Swiss engineer George De Mestral, it is a fastener that consists of two strips, one covered in 'hooks' and one in tiny 'loops' which when pressed together stick to each other and create a...

For the last few years, we have seen a resurgence of people making their own clothes and this is partly down to the success of the 'Great British Sewing Bee' on the BBC. People are beginning to move away from the 'throwaway' culture that we have grown to know and are starting to take more care of the items they...

So this weekend I have been staying with family in London and attending one of my favourite events of the year, the Country 2 Country festival. Since 2013, the O2 arena has housed the biggest country music festival in the UK which has grown in size each year and this year has been increased from just the Saturday and Sunday...

As mentioned in previous blog posts, a lot of customers are unable to visit our retail stores in the North West and cannot find local haberdasheries to buy sewing items and therefore turn to our online mail order website to get their essentials. A number of customers look to Buy Zips Online if they are in need of a replacement...

As well as being a well known supplier of fabric and haberdashery, Calico Laine is a UK Craft Supplier and is a 'go to' place for many local customers for all their craft supplies such as cards, paints and craft tools. For those customers who aren't local to our Neston or Liscard stores we offer a delivery service with our mail order website and...

This week we have experienced a number of Mum's coming into our store looking for fabric and Haberdashery to make their children costumes for world book day. World book day usually takes place each year to encourage kids to read and they are usually asked by their schools or nurseries to dress up as a character from a book; although...

Bertie's Bows Ribbons can be used as labels for handmade products Here at Calico Laine we stock a large range of ribbons which are one of the most popular haberdashery items with our customers. We stock a number of different brands of ribbon, with the most well known being berisford's ribbons however in the last few years a new brand of ribbon is becoming...