Dress Fabrics

Choosing a Dress Fabric for your project can be critical as you want to choose something that will work well with your pattern to give the right aesthetic and fit. Although the main outer fabric of the dress is arguably the most important it can also be paramount to pick the right lining fabric if a lining is needed. Lining...

With just over a month to go until Christmas, your mind might not be focused on your dressmaking projects - but if you're anything like me, you'll find that sometimes getting stuck into your crafty hobbies can be a relief from the stress that the big day can cause! In today's blog, I'll be talking about some Dress Fabrics that...

Dress Fabrics here at Calico Laine attract the most customers due to the quality of our fabrics and the dressmaking projects they are completing. We have a large selection both in store and online for people to view including satins, chiffons, laces and many more materials that create the perfect garments. As well as our plain materials our printed fabrics...

Since it hit our screens in May of 2004, Strictly Come Dancing has been one of the most watched programmes on television. Every year a new cast of celebrities take to the floor to master a variety of classic dance routines including the waltz, foxtrot and quickstep guided all the way by some of the world's best and most successful...

This winter tartan fabric has made a huge comeback in every way. People are wearing garments, footwear and accessories all with a tartan design. This is a trend that comes and goes every year and never goes out of fashion with many high street stores and top end designers. Here at Calico Laine we always notice this Dress Fabric become...

This month, one of the most successful motion pictures of all time is back in movie theatres. As Gone With The Wind prepares to celebrate its 75th Anniversary, cinemas around the world will once again welcome fans of this timeless classic set during The American Civil War. Based on the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell the epic tale follows the...

With the end of October comes halloween, so if you haven’t started already, it is time to look for Dress Fabrics to use in your costumes! Whatever you and your family are dressing up as this year, you are bound to find everything you need here at Calico Laine. Our spooky Halloween fabrics are great for scary costumes. Our first...

It's that time of year again when the nights are drawing, the weather is getting cooler and the kids are back to school. This is the time of year when people start to think about Halloween and with it becoming a bigger occasion in the last few years, there will be a lot of people choosing Dress Fabric to make their...

Now winter is slowly approaching here at Calico Laine we have noticed a larger increase of winter fabrics being sold in store and online. We have begun to stock more and more thicker/warmer Dress Fabrics here so people have a larger choice when it comes to making a cosy winter dress. As well as all our new fabrics we have...

This autumns work wear is a large part of the fashion scene. A suit does not have to be just for in the office, a casual tailored look is all the rage. So why not get creative with Dress Fabrics to create your own individual tailored style. Singer, Mary J Blige wears a tartan pencil skirt. A pencil skirt is the...