Calico Laine

We currently have two stores located on the Wirral in neston and liscard that are a great success and are visited daily by regular and new customers. Calico Laine first came about in 1973 with market stalls based in liverpool, birkenhead and chester that started off selling regular items such as fabrics and essential haberdashery items which over time become...

If you have ever visited Calico Laine at our Neston branch, you might be aware that some of our staff are keen dressmakers - including me! I am always happy to help our customers who ask for a little bit of sewing advice, and one of my most favourite topics to talk about is costumes and fancy dress. I have...

Although the weather is not too great outside recently the warm temperature is trying to creep in with hopefully more sunshine along the way. When the rainy days are here bright colours and beautiful patterns make me feel instantly happy and creating lovely summer clothes will brighten up any rainy day. Here at calico laine we have a large range...

On saturday we held our first event here at Calico Laine Textiles especially to celebrate the queens birthday. Our event was called the british bonanza and it included everything british with the red, white and blue colour scheme shown all around. We decided to do this event to reward our existing and loyal customers and also to gain new customers...

When it comes to jackets and outerwear the fastest and simplest fastening that you can buy has got to be the zip. Depending on if you are wanting to replace a faulty zip or fit a zip into a handmade item, calico laine has a diverse range to choose from. The YKK group is a is a Japanese manufacturing company and it is...

Finally summer has arrived and festival season is very much underway. We recently posted a blog citing popular fabrics to make items of clothing perfect for summer festivals. No festival outfit would be complete without attention to detail and that includes hair accessories. Ribbon is the ideal item to spruce up a hair do and here at Calico Laine we...

Whether you're a novice in the sewing and crafting world or a veteran seamstress with years of experience, one thing that we always endeavour to do is help out each and every one of our customers to the best of our abilities. This is a goal of ours in both of our stores as well as online through our website...

At Calico Laine, we love any and all craft projects. From sewing to jewellery making, and cards to crochet and knitting, we are always happy to see our customers come up with all sorts of wonderful ideas as a personal project, or a gift for a family member or friend. Particularly with gifts, if it is a small item that...

When you begin dressmaking, and on any course you take you will be shown, one of the most important tasks before you start is measuring your body! Lets face it, no one particularly wants to measure their body for the silly fear of maybe growing an inch or two around the waist, but if you want to make the perfect...

Now that summer is upon us festival season is only around the corner which leads us to a very important subject, what to wear. Festivals such as Glastonbury, Bestival, Creamfields or Green Man are the perfect time to show off some originality with your clothing and stand out from the crowd. Each year magazine companies fill their pages and websites with articles and blogs featuring the...