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...
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What Are The Best Fiskars Scissors To Use?
As a dressmaker, whether a beginner or of an advanced level, one the most vital pieces of equipment will be your Dressmaking Scissors. Owning a great pair of dressmaking scissors will make all the difference to your finished product by ensuring smooth cutting. A good pair of Dressmaking Scissors will be an absolute pleasure to use, whereas a bad pair will be... -
Haberdashery - the gift of wrapping.
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... -
Buy zips
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... -
Haberdashery Supplies UK
Haberdashery Supplies UK always experience an increase in sales during the festive period. Haberdashery Supplies UK are particularly useful for all of your festive celebrations with our beautiful christmas ribbons being perhaps the most popular item in our Haberdashery collection. Christmas ribbons are a versatile tool useful for almost any Christmas project including gift wrap, crafts and handmade tree decorations... -
Haberdashery: Christmas Decorations with Felt
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... -
How to Mend Ripped Trousers
Unfortunately trousers are not designed to last forever; even so we can all do our bit to prolong the quality and life of our garments. If you rip or tear your trousers, don’t dismay, they can be easily fixed with no hassle. All the materials you need to repair a rip can be purchased at incredibly low prices from Calico... -
Buying Zips
When it comes to anyone's sewing projects, we would be totally lost without the hundreds and hundreds of haberdashery products that we use all the time. One of the most important haberdashery items are fastenings, and one of the most commonly used fasteners in the sewing world is the Zip. We have plenty of customers who Buy Zips from us all year... -
Haberdashery - Scissors
Haberdashery is one of the biggest factors within the sewing, dressmaking and crafts world. Lets face it, with out it we wouldn't be able to make anything successfully, unless we resorted to wrapping fabric around our bodies and tying it or lay all our homemade cards flat down to keep all of the little bits and bobs where they were... -
Purchasing The Correct Zip
When it comes to any sewing project, we would be totally lost without the hundreds and hundreds of haberdashery products that we use over and over again. One of the most important types of haberdashery are fastenings, and one of the most common fasteners in the sewing world is the Zip. We have so many customers who Buy Zips from...