Crafts

Jewellery Making is a very popular hobby and skill that seems to become more favoured during the summertime. Crafts for Jewellery making include Jewellery Tools and Jewellery Beads which let you make unique pieces for yourself and others. The Jewellery Beads in our Crafts section enable you to make statement pieces or intricate pieces depending on the occasion. Faceted Beads...

Something all Mums love at any time of year is handcrafted gifts from their children, Even if their children are now all grown up. So if you're feeling like you want to home make a Craft item for your Mum this Mothers day then this is a very simple 'present' that would make a lovely forever crafted keepsake. This Craft idea requires minimal...

Crafting is a great idea for kids and is a fantastic way of filling up those dreary, rainy days and what better way to get your kids interested in Crafts than to have them make something special for their mum on Mothers Day. Mums may love perfume and chocolates at any other time of the year but on Mother's Day...

Aside from our massive range of dressmaking and quilting fabrics, Calico Laine also stocks products for craft-making, which are popular with all ages; whether you’re a seasoned crafter or you’re helping your young relatives to start crafts for the first time, the best place to start is our Crafts section on our website. In today’s blog, we’ll be talking about...

"Cushion for Daddy" is the ideal keepsake for any proud father. Following on from Alex's blog about upcycling, here is a more in depth blog about reusing your favourite baby's clothes and using a crafty way of turning them into a keepsake you can cherish forever. All the pictures featured in this blog are clothes all from the same batch...

So after constantly reminding me about how I’d promised them that I would do ‘knitting’ with them, Saturday was Craft day for me and my twin nieces (I shall refer to them as Twin E and Twin P) I’ll be honest and say that I was not looking forward to this as I’m a bit of a control freak and...

Jewellery making is a fun and relaxing hobby and is one of the most simple and effective Craft skills you can possess. By perfecting just a few basic skills, you will be well on your way to creating unique, statement pieces for yourself and for your friends and family. There are a number of benefits associated with creating your own...

As well as using our fantastic range of fabrics for dress-making, a lot of our customers like to use our products for making soft furnishing items for around the home. These include cushions and pillows, headboards for bedrooms, blankets, throws and so much more. In today's post, we will be covering how to make a simple 40-45cm square cushion for...

Here at Calico Laine we are proud to stock a wide range of Haberdashery items from Bias Binding and Buttons to Shoulder Pads, Rulers and Ribbons.  As this is such a wide and varied section of our website it would be impossible to list all of the products we sell so for today we will highlight just a few of...

Todays blog is going to be discussing 3 key reasons why you should choose to use Calico Laine over other online Fabric shops. Reason one why you should choose to use Calico Laine is that we have a fantastic sampling service, all of our samples are currently charged at £1 and are about 7" x 3" in size these get...