Dress making is both creative and rewarding; it is enjoyed by many people. Whether you indulge in dress making as a hobby, as part of your studies, or you are a fashion dress maker by profession - Dress Making is enjoyed at all levels. Dress making gives you the opportunity to explore new ideas and inspirations, allowing you to be in control of your own designs. Start a new craze, become an idle in the fashion world, the possibilities of dress making are endless.
Calico Laine stock everything you will ever need to create your very own dress making masterpiece. We have a wide selection of beautiful fabrics, from soft and silk duchess satin fabric, silks, tartan fabrics and much more. All our fabrics are available in a beautiful, array of rich colours and styles. Calico Laine are here for all your dress making needs from fabrics, to zips, tailoring scissors, hemming tape and much more. Let Calico Laine be your one stop shop for all your dress making needs and appliances. Below I have highlighted some of the main areas of dress making where Calico Laine can meet your needs.
Fabrics:
Your choice of fabric is important; essentially it depends on what you are making. For instance bi-stretch fabric is ideal for trousers due to their non crease nature. Silk is a beautiful and soft fabric perfect for blouses/shirts. Chiffon is the perfect dress maker’s material, it is easy to work with and cut to suit all designs. Calico Laine stock a wide choice of fabrics to suit all your dress making needs, feel free to browse through our fabric range on the Calico Laine website.
Zips:
Dress making often involves attaching a zip in order to close an item, for instance if you’re making trousers, dresses or blouses zips are often used. Here at Calico Laine we stock a wide range of zips to suit all dress making needs. Our zips range from: YKK dress zips, these are discrete and subtle to suit a blouse or skirt. We also stock a range of YKK Basque zips to suit Basque tops, heavy duty YKK zips and many more. In order to create the overall look, it is important to ensure you get every detail right. The wide choice of zips at Calico Laine makes it easy and affordable for everything to be perfect in your dress making.
Threads:
Threads are an essential requirement in dress making. At Calico Laine we stock the complete range of Gutermann and moon threads. These threads give dressmakers an excellent choice to help them achieve their creation.
Diamante Accessories:
Add a bit of sparkle to your creation with diamante accessories available from Calico Laine. Our diamante accessories range from glitzy belt buckles, shoulder straps, diamante buttons and much more. No dress maker should be without diamante accessories, Calico Laine have a refreshing array of beautiful diamantes to suit all needs, feel free to browse through the diamante accessory range on the Calico Laine website.
As you can see Calico Laine is your one stop shop when it comes to meeting all your dress making needs. We stock everything you will ever need to create the fashion creation. To learn more about our fantastic range, browse through the various sections on the Calico Laine website. In particular our haberdashery range is fully equipped with tailoring scissors, elastic, cord, self cover buttons and much more. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the friendly team here at Calico Laine, we are always happy to help.
Your choice of fabric is important; essentially it depends on what you are making. For instance bi-stretch fabric is ideal for trousers due to their non crease nature. Silk is a beautiful and soft fabric perfect for blouses/shirts. Chiffon is the perfect dress maker’s material, it is easy to work with and cut to suit all designs. Calico Laine stock a wide choice of fabrics to suit all your dress making needs, feel free to browse through our fabric range on the Calico Laine website.
Zips:
Dress making often involves attaching a zip in order to close an item, for instance if you’re making trousers, dresses or blouses zips are often used. Here at Calico Laine we stock a wide range of zips to suit all dress making needs. Our zips range from: YKK dress zips, these are discrete and subtle to suit a blouse or skirt. We also stock a range of YKK Basque zips to suit Basque tops, heavy duty YKK zips and many more. In order to create the overall look, it is important to ensure you get every detail right. The wide choice of zips at Calico Laine makes it easy and affordable for everything to be perfect in your dress making.
Threads:
Threads are an essential requirement in dress making. At Calico Laine we stock the complete range of Gutermann and moon threads. These threads give dressmakers an excellent choice to help them achieve their creation.
Diamante Accessories:
Add a bit of sparkle to your creation with diamante accessories available from Calico Laine. Our diamante accessories range from glitzy belt buckles, shoulder straps, diamante buttons and much more. No dress maker should be without diamante accessories, Calico Laine have a refreshing array of beautiful diamantes to suit all needs, feel free to browse through the diamante accessory range on the Calico Laine website.
As you can see Calico Laine is your one stop shop when it comes to meeting all your dress making needs. We stock everything you will ever need to create the fashion creation. To learn more about our fantastic range, browse through the various sections on the Calico Laine website. In particular our haberdashery range is fully equipped with tailoring scissors, elastic, cord, self cover buttons and much more. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the friendly team here at Calico Laine, we are always happy to help.