Dress Fabrics

With Christmas soon arriving, you may have been asked what you would like for the big day this year from friends, family, or even a Secret Santa group. In contrast, we have had a lot of customers visiting us who are hoping to put together a nice selection of sewing items for a friend or relative who want to begin...

As someone who loves sewing and dressmaking, I am constantly going home from work with all kinds of fabrics to turn into something new to wear. When we have new fabrics arrive at our building, I can always be found ogling the rolls and debating over which ones I like best, as well as thinking about what I could possibly...

Chiffon Fabric is a dressmaking fabric that is incredibly popular for use in evening wear, formal wear and bridal wear. Usually seen as a feminine fabric, it is also often used for ladies' blouses and shirts, delicate scarves and even more intimate garments such as lingerie. Here at Calico Laine, we stock an absolutely massive range of Chiffon fabrics with all...

Double Knit Jersey is one of the best fabrics to make a winter dress Well, for the past few weeks the weather has been cold and wet encouraging most people to stay indoors, all tucked up in the warm. In the winter months I find myself wearing jeans and jumpers a lot to keep myself from being cold however...

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...

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...

So the festive season is quickly creeping upon us. Every year we think we have ages and suddenly we've spent so long worrying about everyone else that we haven't left enough time to sort ourselves out! This year I'm on a mission to make myself 2 new dresses for Christmas. It's my treat. Obviously my favourite part of sewing is...

With the clocks going back and the dark nights now looming in, nothing really feels appealing anymore. It's not like in the summer, getting home, grouping the kids together and finding a little bucket and spade and heading down to the beach for a bit of family fun! We now get home, go straight to the kitchen, flick the kettle...

For the last few weeks we have been enjoying something of an Indian Summer with temperatures much higher than average for this time of year. However, it looks as though our good fortune is coming to an end and the cold weather is drawing in, as a result we have seen a huge increase in enquiries for our winter Dress...