We all love a good bag project; they can be as easy or complex as you like. From a simple tote to a patchwork creation, we have everything you need to complete your bag. Here at Calico Laine, we have a wide range of Haberdashery products to help you go from a few rectangles of fabric to a fully functional...
With British Summer Time just around the corner many of our brides to be are putting the finishing touches to their bridal gowns and our Haberdashery Shop is the ideal place for purchasing those specialist pieces of Haberdashery to build your dream bespoke bridal gown. We carry a wide range of technical tools, imperative for creating a unique gown which...
New Year is the perfect time of year to restock your Haberdashery tool kit. When you Buy Haberdashery here at Calico Laine you are choosing from one of the biggest selection of items available on the market, brought to you direct from the biggest names in the business such as gutermann and prym. To assist you when you Buy Haberdashery...
As I sit writing this post in our Liscard, Calico Laine, branch I am trying to think of the most popular Haberdashery item that we sell and I would have to say that it is elastic. A large amount of people who come into our long standing Liscard store are looking for elastic in some form or another whether it...
Here at Calico Laine we like to provide out customers with good quality Haberdashery items. German company Prym have become a firm favourite for quality with a great selection of products to choose from for all sorts of craft projects. We have stocked prym items for a long time and will continue to do so as they are a reliable...
Haberdashery (or rather, haberdasher) is a word that I first became familiar with whilst reading Chaucers' Canterbury Tales at school. Traditionally, a haberdasher was a peddler who would sell small articles for hand making clothes such as buttons, threads and zips. Since the days of Chaucer, the word Haberdashery has come to be an all encompassing terms for small tools used...
A best seller in our Haberdashery section is zips and we sell these by the hundreds each week. Customers buy them to replace exisiting zips on their garments if they are broken or if they are creating a new piece of clothing or accessory that needs an opening. We stock both open ended zips as well as closed ended zips...
