Calico Laine News

At Calico Laine we can boast a large variety of fabrics and haberdashery for all your dressmaking needs. But on top of this, we are also a reliable UK Craft supplier, with an equally impressive range of stock for all your crafting needs! In store and available through our online service is a selection of high quality wools of all...

Calico Laine is an online retailer that has been up and running for the past 6 years, in November we decided to have a full branding makeover and bring Calico Laine back into the 21st century. Since the relaunch we have noticed a huge increase in traffic to the website which  is obviously converting into more sales for us which is always...

As mentioned in previous blog posts, a lot of customers are unable to visit our retail stores in the North West and cannot find local haberdasheries to buy sewing items and therefore turn to our online mail order website to get their essentials. A number of customers look to Buy Zips Online if they are in need of a replacement...

Here at Calico Laine we stock a lovely range of Gingham Fabrics, in many different colours. Gingham is a medium weight fabric which features a a very distinctive check pattern. The way that gingham is woven means that the check pattern is visible on either side of the fabric and because of this it means it is an extremely popular...

Gutermann Threads are the favourite threads with creative hands all over the world and with such a high selection available it is no surprise. Gutermann Threads are without a doubt the best quality threads on the market with a thread suitable for almost any creative task you can think of: Gutermann Sew-All Thread - for many years this collection of...

Are you sick of the cold weather yet? I know I am! In an effort to take my mind off the chilly winds and even the snow that we have had recently here in the North West of the UK, I have been making a few tote bags out of some floral fabrics that I got here from Calico Laine...

Even with so many sewing enthusiasts across the United Kingdom and even worldwide, a great Fabric Store seems to be difficult to find for a lot of our customers who contact us in the hope that we can help supply them with what they are after. If you are not in a major city like London, for example, then Fabric...

Whether you are a beginner or a pro there are 'sew' many different dressmaking courses that you can join, either to learn the skill from scratch or just sit, sew and socialize. In recent years dressmaking has become a very popular past time once more - it is seen as an easier and cheaper way of staying in fashion without...

It is possible to Buy Haberdashery Online for almost any project you can think of however most customers will keep their sewing kit stocked with a range of Haberdashery supplies for carrying out repairs. Here are details of some of our most essential Haberdashery items for repairing your existing clothing items and soft furnishings: Scissors - perhaps the most important...

As well as being a well known supplier of fabric and haberdashery, Calico Laine is a UK Craft Supplier and is a 'go to' place for many local customers for all their craft supplies such as cards, paints and craft tools. For those customers who aren't local to our Neston or Liscard stores we offer a delivery service with our mail order website and...