Calico Laine News

Feathers can be used for a huge variety of projects, whether your embellishing a hat or a masquerade mask, we'll have the feathers for you. Depending on what you are useing the feathers for you can either glue them on or sew in them on. If you're glueing the Feathers then I would suggest using our High Performance Fabric Glue...

Calico is a natural cotton fabric which is un-dyed and un-treated. Calico may shrink a little in the wash so you may want to think about washing it before sewing with it if the garment will be washed in the future. There are many types of Calico available including; Light weight Calico- 123gsm weight Medium Weight Calico- 165gsm weight Good quality Calico...

Here at Calico Laine we sell different types of Gingham such as Polycotton gingham, gingham prints, seekersucker gingham and cotton rich gingham. Ginghams are stunning fabrics and can be made to look either traditional or modern and this is why Gingham is such a big seller. Ginghams are woven fabrics and not printed. There are many ways in which you...

Knitting is becoming increasingly popular, so if you're a beginner then here are some items that may come be handy for you! Knitting Row Counter These come in either small which fit onto 2-5mmm needles or large which fit onto 5.5-5.7mm needles. They slip onto the end of your needles and you click a button for each row that you...

Items made up of natural fabric may fade with time or you may have made a stain on the product and want to remove it. Well, with Dylon this can be done very easily. Dylon Dyes are not suitable for polyster materials, e.g poly/cotton, poly/viscose mixes and waterproof fabrics. These dyes work extremely well on fabrics such as cotton, linen...

Summer is on its way and Jersey is the perfect fabric to make summer dresses from. Remember, when sewing with Jersey the best stitch to use is the zig zag stictch as it allows the fabric to stretch without snapping the thread. A good tip for sewing with stretchy fabrics is to add the pins in side ways instead of...

We sell a lot of Children's Print Fabric for many different things including, bedding, curtains, clothing, cushions and patchwork teddies. These fabrics are 100% Cotton and 115cm wide. Some of our children's prints include animals, cupcakes, campervans, lighthouses and skulls so I am sure that there will be a print that your child loves. Bedding These fabrics aren't typically wide...

The Prom season is nearly upon us and for some people this means panicking and wandering around the shops trying to find that perfect dress. Well why not have your dress made so it is original and exactly what you want? Below I have listed some of the most popular fabrics that prom dresses can made out of and these include, Fabrics Duchess...

Today I am going to talk a little about our range of beautiful Dressmaking Fabrics. As a company we have sold fabrics for over 40 years and we really enjoy what we do. This year has already seen the arrival of some truly amazing new fabrics. These come both in plain and patterned designs and in a variety of fabric compositions from polyester right through to 100...

Here at Calico Laine we sell a variety of threads made by different companies. Threads have different uses so you need to make sure you buy the correct thread for your project. Remember- if your sewing up a garment then it is recommended that you go a shade darker with your threads, or use a totally different colour to jazz it up...