Calico Laine News

All year round there are opportunities and inspiration for Craft projects and particularly during the Easter break, when the kids are off and the weather is not always up to outside play, you can keep your kids amused with a variety of Craft ideas from simple greeting cards for the little ones to more complicated projects such as Easter bonnets for the more advanced...

When you are dressing for a big occasion such as a family wedding, it can be difficult to find a balance between a glamorous piece that you would wear for a night out and a subtle, classy outfit which is suitable for a formal ceremony, even a church service. As we all know, there are certain rules that apply when...

Net Curtains have become increasingly popular over the past 6 months, here at Calico Laine we have found that our customers would rather use a cheaper alternative to ready made curtains and blinds and Net Curtains have become that alternative. The past couple of weeks at Calico Laine has been pretty manic sorting out our huge new range of Net...

Easter is now approaching and its always fun to experiment with your creating skills. In our Haberdashery section of Calico Laine we have a range of feathers, organza fabric, buttons and many more items that would be perfect for some fun Easter projects. With these Haberdashery products you can create items like easter bonnets, easter chicks or even decorate a bucket...

With 2.7 million people tuning in to watch the Great British Sewing Bee final this week, it is clear that there is a definite growth of interest in Sewing. With the recession in the past few years, we noticed the old war time spirit of Make Do and Mend was on people's minds and the Great British Sewing Bee has...

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...

As we are coming into wedding season we have been looking at what the runways of New York have been showing as the major trends for Spring/Summer 2014 and one Bridal Fabric that seems to feature in most collections is lace. This is still continuing on from the trend that Catherine Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge set when she used lace...

As you may know, it is not only fabrics and haberdashery for which we here at Calico Laine are known for; we also stock a fantastic collection of top quality Wool and knitting accessories and as we have seen such high demand for our gorgeous Yarns in recent months, it is this area of our stock inventory we have devoted much of...

Liverpool celeb Coleen Rooney is never far from Aintree on Ladies Day. One of the biggest events of the year in our neck of the woods is of course the Aintree Races. The biggest and possibly the best horse racing meeting in the country is also one of the biggest weekends for fashion and the ladies of Liverpool are...

A few weeks ago I wrote about our new range of Net Curtains that were being added to our already extensive selections of Nets at Calico Laine. These have now arrived in our warehouse and we have some fabulous new designs. When most people think of Net Curtains, they have an image in their head of older people and retirement...