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Halloween fabrics at Calico Laine.[/caption]
Halloween is an enchanting time of year for adults and children alike and continues to grow in popularity year on year. Not only is Halloween an exciting event, it is the perfect time of year to express your creative side by exploring your dressmaking and crafting talents.
Celebrated on the evening of October 31st, All Hallows Eve is an ancient festival traditionally marked with activities such as jack-o-lanterns, trick or treat and games such as duck apple. Traditionally, masks and costumes would be worn to ward off evil spirits, nowadays of course Halloween is a great excuse for a get together with family and friends or even a costume party. Many people, particularly those with young children, celebrate the event by dressing up and adorning their houses with spooky decorations, many created by hand. Halloween is the perfect time of year to get your children interested in crafts and dressmaking.
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Dress Nets at Calico Laine.[/caption]
Here at Calico Laine, we stock a variety of Halloween Fabrics perfect for creating a range of spooky and fun costumes from a cuddly witches cat for the youngest and cutest family member, to a spooky witch or wizard. Today, we will talk you through some of our suitable fabrics and hopefully inspire you to create a stunning costume to make you stand out from the crowd! As always, please share your finished creations with us on our Facebook page.
Dress Net - Dress Net is a very popular fancy dress fabric. The stiff, structured material is perfect for tutus. Available in a variety of colour options, our pink and purple shades are ideal for a fairy princess costume whilst the black dress net is perfect for a spooky witches outfit. Dress Net is a versatile fabric which can also be used for creating a fascinator or head piece to compliment your Halloween costume.
Felt - our orange felt fabric is the perfect choice for making a cute pumpkin costume. A pumpkin costume is simple to make and very effective making it one of the most popular choices of Halloween costume.
Printed Satins - these fabrics are eye-catching and bold and include patterns such as spots and stars. Printed satins are the ideal choice for a wizard or clown costume. These dressmaking weight fabrics are funky and fun and guaranteed to make the kids smile.
Egyptian Cotton Muslin - this Fabric is not what would be considered as a traditional fancy dress fabric but many have found this fabric to be particularly effective for the popular Mummy costume. This fabric is excellent value for money and is so versatile. Egyptian Cotton Muslin is also the perfect choice for your Halloween themed window displays.
Faux Fur - our Faux Fur Fabrics are available in a wide variety of designs and are the perfect choice for animal themed costumes such as a spooky witches cat or a scary werewolf.
Velboa Skins - this soft, luxurious Fabric is perfect for an array of fancy dress designs or for adding detail to your costumes such as a pair of ears or a fluffy tail. This is a hard wearing material making it ideal for costume accessories such as a cuddly cat to accompany a child's witches costume.
Sequin Satins - these fabrics are available in a range of stunning colours and designs and are perfect for adding a touch of sparkle to your princess or fairy costume. This is a lightweight material which flows beautifully and can also be layered with our Dress Nets to create a truly eye catching design.
Halloween Fabrics - Halloween is such a popular time of year that we even stock a range of fabrics specifically for this wonderful time of year. These fun fabrics are available in a range of designs including spiders web and skulls. These versatile fabrics are perfect for fancy dress projects but are also particularly effective for decoration. Drape these fabrics across your windows or around your doors to create a spooky effect guaranteed to wow your guests and entice the neighbourhood trick or treaters.
Halloween Ribbons - as well as our wide range of fabric options we also stock a stunning range of Halloween ribbons which are perfect for complimenting your Halloween decorations and are great for adding the finishing touches to your Halloween costumes and your party food items such as cupcakes.
I hope you have enjoyed my entry today. If you have used any of our products in your ghoulish creations then please do share them with us on our Facebook and Twitter pages,
Until next time,
Calico Laine
Halloween fabrics at Calico Laine.[/caption]
Halloween is an enchanting time of year for adults and children alike and continues to grow in popularity year on year. Not only is Halloween an exciting event, it is the perfect time of year to express your creative side by exploring your dressmaking and crafting talents.
Celebrated on the evening of October 31st, All Hallows Eve is an ancient festival traditionally marked with activities such as jack-o-lanterns, trick or treat and games such as duck apple. Traditionally, masks and costumes would be worn to ward off evil spirits, nowadays of course Halloween is a great excuse for a get together with family and friends or even a costume party. Many people, particularly those with young children, celebrate the event by dressing up and adorning their houses with spooky decorations, many created by hand. Halloween is the perfect time of year to get your children interested in crafts and dressmaking.
[caption id="attachment_5531" align="alignright" width="150"] Dress Nets at Calico Laine.[/caption]
Here at Calico Laine, we stock a variety of Halloween Fabrics perfect for creating a range of spooky and fun costumes from a cuddly witches cat for the youngest and cutest family member, to a spooky witch or wizard. Today, we will talk you through some of our suitable fabrics and hopefully inspire you to create a stunning costume to make you stand out from the crowd! As always, please share your finished creations with us on our Facebook page.
Dress Net - Dress Net is a very popular fancy dress fabric. The stiff, structured material is perfect for tutus. Available in a variety of colour options, our pink and purple shades are ideal for a fairy princess costume whilst the black dress net is perfect for a spooky witches outfit. Dress Net is a versatile fabric which can also be used for creating a fascinator or head piece to compliment your Halloween costume.
Felt - our orange felt fabric is the perfect choice for making a cute pumpkin costume. A pumpkin costume is simple to make and very effective making it one of the most popular choices of Halloween costume.
Printed Satins - these fabrics are eye-catching and bold and include patterns such as spots and stars. Printed satins are the ideal choice for a wizard or clown costume. These dressmaking weight fabrics are funky and fun and guaranteed to make the kids smile.
Egyptian Cotton Muslin - this Fabric is not what would be considered as a traditional fancy dress fabric but many have found this fabric to be particularly effective for the popular Mummy costume. This fabric is excellent value for money and is so versatile. Egyptian Cotton Muslin is also the perfect choice for your Halloween themed window displays.
Faux Fur - our Faux Fur Fabrics are available in a wide variety of designs and are the perfect choice for animal themed costumes such as a spooky witches cat or a scary werewolf.
Velboa Skins - this soft, luxurious Fabric is perfect for an array of fancy dress designs or for adding detail to your costumes such as a pair of ears or a fluffy tail. This is a hard wearing material making it ideal for costume accessories such as a cuddly cat to accompany a child's witches costume.
Sequin Satins - these fabrics are available in a range of stunning colours and designs and are perfect for adding a touch of sparkle to your princess or fairy costume. This is a lightweight material which flows beautifully and can also be layered with our Dress Nets to create a truly eye catching design.
Halloween Fabrics - Halloween is such a popular time of year that we even stock a range of fabrics specifically for this wonderful time of year. These fun fabrics are available in a range of designs including spiders web and skulls. These versatile fabrics are perfect for fancy dress projects but are also particularly effective for decoration. Drape these fabrics across your windows or around your doors to create a spooky effect guaranteed to wow your guests and entice the neighbourhood trick or treaters.
Halloween Ribbons - as well as our wide range of fabric options we also stock a stunning range of Halloween ribbons which are perfect for complimenting your Halloween decorations and are great for adding the finishing touches to your Halloween costumes and your party food items such as cupcakes.
I hope you have enjoyed my entry today. If you have used any of our products in your ghoulish creations then please do share them with us on our Facebook and Twitter pages,
Until next time,
Calico Laine