Calico Laine News

Here at Calico Laine headquarters we have recently taken a delivery of beautiful Stretch Dress Linings in a range of colours, making them perfect for all of your dressmaking projects.  These Dress Linings are ideal to be used with stretch fabrics such as Lycra, Stretch Jersey and many more.  In todays blog entry we will be talking you through the...

The first of many guest blogs that we are going to be posting here at Calico Laine, please enjoy as much as we did: Almost a year ago I bought an Overlocker after trying one out at a friend’s house.   Since then I have been collecting jumpers from charity shops, friends and relatives which I can cut up and upcycle...

Here at Calico Laine we stock a huge variety of ribbons, these include satin ribbons, grosgrain ribbons and chiffon ribbons to name a few. All of these are sold either in plain colours or patterns too designs as well. Satin Ribbons Available in dozens of shades of colours including pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, black, white, silver, ivory and so many...

When it comes to Dressmaking we all have our favourite fabrics that we like to work with. One of the most popular range of dressmaking fabrics are the satins.  In my blog entry today I am going to talk a little about our great selection of different satins. These include: Velour Satins: The latest section to be added to our website, these satins have...

Summer is nearly upon us (hopefully) which means its time for weddings, summer bbq's and the races. If you want to wear your hair up or down you will probably want a fascinator to accessorise your look. You will more than likley have an idea of exactly what you want but probably won't be able to buy it on the highstreet.  Here...

Today I would like to have a look at some of the latest additions to our range of Haberdashery here at Calico Laine. Our section of ribbon embellishments is full of beautiful and stylish pieces that are perfect to finish of your project beautifully! Ribbon embellishments are often used in dressmaking as a finishing touch to a design, and can...

We have many new embroidered fabrics here at Calico Laine. The detail of these fabrics really are second to none. Some of our new fabrics include a beige or black heavily embroidered fabrics with a scalloped and beaded edge. Embroided fabrics with peacocks in lilac, or turquoise also with scalloped edge and many more. These fabrics are approx 135cm wide and made...

So Summer is on its way and everyone loves to have a lovely new summer dress don't they? Things are becoming very unoriginal on the high street so why not make your own? These are some of my favourite dress making fabrics at this time; Rose & Hubble Cotton Lawn We stock a few different patterns of this fabric and...

As many of you have probably found out, cutting out onto wooden floors or wooden tables you will more than likley create an un-wanted mark. Our Olfa Cutting Mats are extremely tough, hard wearing and useful. They come in many different sizes so depending on what kind of project you're creating you could use a smaller or larger mat. The...

Corded Lace is one of the most popular fabrics that we stock here at Calico Laine and currently massive in the fashion industry. Lace can be used in lots of ways, from dresses to tops and even on cushions. Our Corded Lace is absolutely stunning and looks amazing when made up. It is 140cm wide and made from 53% cotton...