Calico Laine News

Sometimes, our customers visit us in store or search our website for fabrics that are suitable for smart business wear, and are often not entirely sure what we offer that would be a good choice. In today's blog, we'll be suggesting a number of different fabrics that would be great for this purpose, which will hopefully aid you in making...

The Eighties are a time that most of us will be old enough to remember fondly and were a time of great social and economic change, remembered by many as a simpler and happier time, The Eighties were defined by its outrageous fashion, cheesy pop music and rapid changes in technology. The Eighties brought us the first mobile phones, much...

One of our best selling Haberdashery items here at Calico Laine is our range of Bias Binding. It is a popular item as it can be the finishing touch to most projects and with a large range of colours there is a huge variety to choose from. Sometimes, however, you may not be able to find a bias binding that...

As the year comes to a close, here at Calico Laine we’ve been looking at which colours are chic for Spring 2014. We love colour and nothing gets us more excited than combining two of our favourite hobbies, fashion and sewing.  Fashion is ever changing with styles looping in and out and modernising each generation. The bridal world is no...

For those of us who have been eagerly awaiting the return of Patrick Grant and May Martin for series two of The Great British Sewing Bee, last night's Christmas Special of the hit BBC 2 show was just enough to whet our appetites for all things sewing and get our creative juices flowing just in time for the hotly anticipated...

With Christmas fast approaching (only 11 more sleeps!), many of you will already have your homes decorated and your Christmas trees proudly on display. One thing that might be puzzling you, however, is how to set up your Christmas Day meal - how are you going to decorate the table? A lot of our customers have been visiting our branches...

Now Christmas is drawing ever closer, your tree is decorated and presents are wrapped it is time to turn your thoughts to the next big event of the season, New Years Eve. Whether you will be seeing in the new year over a quiet meal and glass of bubbly with your loved ones or at an organised event, you will...

Sewing has really taken off recently and there are a number of reasons for this from television shows through to the economic climate. Next year Calico Laine celebrates it's 40th birthday and we have seen many things over years come and go but sewing and dressmaking always remains a very popular hobby and pastime. Next year we have a number of...

One of the most popular questions we are asked from our customers, on a daily basis, is what type of zips are suitable to go into a jacket. With the winter months now upon us, people are beginning to wear their heavier coats and jackets and many people find that when they pull their old coat out of the wardrobe...

Today at Calico Laine we're pleased to unveil our new Bag Making section, which you can find underneath our Crafts tab on our website. In this part of the website, you'll find everything you need for making your very own bag from scratch, and in today's blog we'll be talking about some of the items you can purchase and use...