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Our 100% polyester Fleece Fabric is the perfect and most ideal material to use in cold winter months. Fleece is often used to make beautiful blankets, throws and pet beds as well as using for your dressmaking projects to create garments like onesies, pyjamas and fleece jackets. All our fleece materials are anti pill fabric, 150cm wide and range between £4.99-£6.99...

Chiffon Fabric is one of our most popular sheer fabrics and a personal favourite of mine within our chiffon selection is cationic chiffon. Made in Indonesia, this fabric is beautifully soft and feels almost like silk to touch. It is great for evening wear dresses and special occasion wear as well being suitable for scarves and belts. Here at Calico Laine...

There are so many reasons why you should buy Haberdashery Online, firstly, why leave the comfort of your own home when you can peruse the net 24 hours a day. Many companies like ourselves reward our loyal customers with money off vouchers and special offers which are available to use at our online shop, which in turn gives you the...

The majority of our customers buy our materials and haberdashery items online for dressmaking with lots of customers choosing to Buy Zips from us for items such as skirts and dresses. Online and in our retail stores we stock a large range of zips that are suitable for dressmaking with our most popular zips being our dress zips and concealed...

Power Net Fabric is an excellent choice for both underwear and dance costumes. Power Net Fabric (also known as body stocking) is a lightweight, mesh fabric which is most often used as a base layer for dance costumes, leotards and ice skating costumes. Despite it's mesh appearance, Power Net is a firm fabric which provides excellent coverage to the...

One of our most popular fabrics that we sell during the warmer months of the year is our Linen Fabric. This lightweight cloth is available in a beautiful range of colours, perfect to suit anyone's tastes and style. Even with its lighter weight, it still drapes beautifully and looks fantastic when made up as a full skirt - I personally...

When making up a garment, it is important to make sure that all raw seams and edges are either finished or hidden. One way to achieve this is using Dress Lining Fabric - using this fabric helps to achieve a neat, high quality finish whilst concealing interfacing, padding and seam edges. Dress Lining Fabric is a fantastic way to help extend the life of...

Microfibre Fabric is one of our most popular dressmaking fabrics due to it's beautiful silky surface and stunning drape. Microfibre Fabric is a excellent quality polyester fabric which is most popular with customers creating evening wear items such as gowns and elegant blouses. This exquisite fabric is always a popular choice for ladies clothing as it is a particularly flattering...

There are many pros to using Fleece Fabric, it is an extremely warm material and because it is such a durable fabric it dries quickly. Originally fleece was mass-produced with outdoor activities in mind, but as I said before, it is extremely warm which has increased popularity for indoor purpose, such as blankets, pet bedding and even pyjamas. Fleece Fabric is an animal-free alternative...

Chiffon Fabric is one of my favourite fabrics and here at Calico Laine we have a fabulous selection. Many people are deterred from using this fabric because of its floaty and slippery nature. Today we’re going to look at some of the uses for Chiffon Fabric as well as examining a few methods for making this particular fabric a little...