Calico Laine News

With Christmas fast approaching (20 sleeps to go!), a lot of our customers have nearly finished their Christmas shopping; aside from gifts for family and friends, there is the food shopping, drinks to be bought, the perfect outfit to scour the stores for and so much more. There is so much to do for the big day and it requires...

As we draw closer to Christmas, we're hitting the season where events such as school plays and carol services come into play. For parents and grandparents, that usually means stepping in and lending a helping hand to make your child or grandchild a costume for their big part. For an outfit that will be worn maybe only once, most parents...

The vast majority of our customers are dressmakers who are commissioned with making special occasion outfits for special occasions such as weddings, black tie events and prom night celebrations. We carry a wide range of Fabrics To Make A Dress for any occasion: Crepe Fabric - is the perfect choice of Fabric To Make A Dress that may be required...

As an Online Fabric Supplier it may be hard to imagine that Calico Laine is also open to the public. Yes, thats right, you are actually able to come in and see, love and buy all our fabrics and haberdashery items in store as well as online. We actually have two big shops that you could come and browse if...

Many customers ring us querying what zips to use for different dressmaking projects and one of the most popular questions is regarding what is the best Zip to use for a Dress? There are two main zip types that we would usually suggest for customers to use if they are creating dresses and these are nylon dress zips or concealed...

Fleece Fabrics are incredibly popular here at Calico Laine regardless of the time of year but i think everyone is in agreement when its comes to the winter. There is nothing nicer than being snug curled up with a cosy fleece blanket. Fleece Fabric is one of our best sellers because its so versatile, its easy to work with and...

When it comes to dressmaking a lot of people question What Zips Are Best To Use On A Dress? However there are in fact a variety of zips you can use depending on what style of dress you are making. The most popular zips that are usually bought for dresses are our regular nylon dress zips and our concealed zips as...

As Christmas draws ever closer (only 26 days to go!) and the end of the year is nearly upon us, we are constantly being visited by customers who are looking for warm and cosy winter fabrics to make their clothing and accessories out of, to battle against the unavoidable freezing winds and bad weather. One of the most popular fabrics...

When it comes to anyone's sewing projects, we would be totally lost without the hundreds and hundreds of haberdashery products that we use all the time. One of the most important haberdashery items are fastenings, and one of the most commonly used fasteners in the sewing world is the Zip. We have plenty of customers who Buy Zips from us all year...

Well, the weather outside is frightful, the fire is so delightful and since there is not many places to go why don't we stay inside and get crafty? With now only less than a month left until the most exciting day of the year - in my opinion, Christmas is coming around fast. If you haven't already picked your special Christmas...