Calico Laine

When it comes to sewing, one of my favourite things to make is a huge, beautiful ballgown made to fit perfectly, using top quality Dressmaking Fabrics from Calico Laine. Nearly every girl likes to feel like a princess and I am no exception! As such, one of the newest costumes that I have been inspired to make is an amazing...

We get a lot of brand new customers that arrive at our store not knowing we were here or even existed and their reaction to us is priceless. The are always so amazed how much fabrics and haberdashery items we have to offer and can't believe they have never shopped with us before. Our Fabric Shop is most definitely one...

After returning from a three week long vacation, I am itching to get started on my next sewing project and I have been looking at all of the new Dressmaking Fabrics that have come into stock here at Calico Laine while I have been gone. I am happy to see that some of my personal favourite fabrics are still available...

At Calico Laine we get regular deliveries of brand new fabrics from different warehouse suppliers and once these arrive with us our web team have a step to step process of putting these products onto our website. Firstly the stock needs to be checked and counted by the manager to make sure all the new products are accounted for. Once...

In the last few weeks, a number of my trousers have unfortunately worn out and now have small holes in them. As with most clothes, over time, trousers do deteriorate after a lot of wears. Most people in this day and age of the throwaway society would simply buy another pair and throw out the old ones. This however is...

Here at calico laine we have a variety of Haberdashery essentials you need to complete all your dressmaking projects from scissors, to threads and many other items that are the perfect accessories for your sewing box. One of our most popular products is our bias binding which is sold by the metre and on bulk rolls especially for larger projects...

This week we had a visit from one of our lovely online customers who had travelled all the way from South Lanarkshire, to visit family and to visit Calico Laine! She is a regular customer online due to the fact that there aren't many fabric stores in her area and we find that this is often the case with our...

Now that the Great British Sewing Bee is over there will be a lot of people across the country who have a new motivation to get the sewing machine out or buy a sewing machine and get dressmaking. Whether you have done dressmaking in the past or are new to the idea, the sewing bee is sure to give you some ideas to...

When doing any form of dressmaking it is important to be accurate to ensure that your garment is the right size and shape to fit. Whether you use a commercial pattern or make your own pattern it is vital that you have the correct Haberdashery items to help you carry out your project. Here is a quick rundown of items...

At Calico Laine we have customers coming to visit us with so many different projects in mind, and my personal favourite kind to help out with is costume-making! A lot of our customers come to us in search of Dressmaking Fabrics to make fancy dress costumes for their children and for parties, but there is a hobby called 'cosplay' that...