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One of the essential Haberdashery items for everyone's craft room is a good quality pair of scissors. Here at Calico Laine we have a fantastic range of scissors available for every sewing project. These scissors vary in price starting from our cheapest range, Klieber up to our top end range, Fiskars. Although they are our budget brand, Kleiber scissors have...

Calico Laine was first established in 1973 by David and Wendy Baker. For the first few years of their careers they ran a number of successful stalls in their local markets in Birkenhead, Neston and many more locations.  Over time, a demand for the products became so big that David and Wendy decided to move away from the market scene...

No matter what your skill level when it comes to sewing and dressmaking, we always seek to help out each and every one of our customers, both newcomers and regulars, to make their shopping experience with us a pleasant one. This also extends to our website as well, where a lot of our customers come to us via the internet looking to...

Haberdashery is one of our best selling collections and is constantly being reviewed and updated to keep up to date with the latest trends and techniques. Whether you are a professional dressmaker or are venturing into the world of dressmaking for the first time, you will want to ensure that you have a good selection of good quality Haberdashery items...

With any sewing project at all, there is always the requirement for at last one type of haberdashery product to aid us in what we are hoping to create. At first glance you might think you only need a few items, but you can soon become lost in choosing which are right for you and your project, as well as...

Make cushions using Haberdashery Now that most of you have probably taken down your Christmas decorations you may want to freshen up your home interior for the new year. One of the quickest ways to give your room a face lift or new feel is by adding cushions, home furnishings and updating your curtains. Making your own cushions can...

Christmas day is only one sleep away and many of you budding dressmakers may have asked Santa to bring you a new sewing machine or you may have bought one for your children in the hope that they will learn how to sew. Santa may be kind and bring you the sewing machine you are hoping for however he may...

As Christmas is now only 2 short weeks away, the majority of us have been working just as hard as all of the elves in the North Pole to make sure everybody near and dear to us gets a gift that they deserve. Haberdashery items, like ribbon, are often over looked by people who don't feel they are the 'crafty...

In this day and age its extremely rare to go even one day without seeing a zip. You might not really think about it but every single day millions and billions of people are walking around sporting at least one zip, it may just be a jacket, bag, trousers or even just on something as simple as a pencil case...

Christmas is the perfect time of year to get creative using the simplest Haberdashery items. You may have noticed how popular handmade christmas decorations have become at craft fairs and online. This year I have been inspired to get making beautiful decorations for the christmas tree. Felt is an incredibly effective and inexpensive fabric to make decorations with. Here at...