Laura

In our retail store we find that one of the most popular crafts amongst our customers is quilting and patchwork. We often get customers who spend hours choosing fabrics that will go together to make a beautiful patchwork quilt and many people ask for help with this as it can be a difficult task to find fabrics that tone together...

When you are looking to Buy Zips for dressmaking projects, Calico Laine is the place to come as we have a large selection of zips suitable for a number of different applications so no matter what you are looking to get a fastening for we are sure to be able to provide you with a solution. Buy Zips at Calico...

There are a number of dress designs and styles that you can choose from when it comes to your buying your wedding gown or bridesmaid dresses as well as a number of Bridal Fabrics to pick from. Recently we have seen a trend towards lace fabrics, still influenced from the wedding dress of Kate Middleton and recently seen on brides...

This week sees the very first national beading week sponsored by the beadworkers guild and many people around the country are holding events to join in with the celebrations. The guild say that this is a time to celebrate our passion for beads, to encourage others to start beading and to support bead businesses around the country'. Out of all...

Crafts and crafting has becoming more and more popular in recent years as the vintage and handmade look has come into fashion. We get many customers online and in store looking for haberdashery and fabric to complete their craft projects and one of the most important items they are looking to buy is glues and adhesive. Many people are unsure as to...

When Sewing your fabric and craft projects it is important that you pick the right tools to work with so that you get end up creating the best quality item that you can. One of the most important haberdashery items needed for any Sewing project is thread and here at Calico Laine we have high quality thread for all your dressmaking...

This weekend saw Nicky Hilton, one of the heiresses to the Hilton hotel fortune marry her long time friend and fiancé James Rothschild. The wedding was in London rather than Nicky's home country of the USA with the ceremony taking place in the orangery at Kensington gardens, home of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Unlike her 2004 wedding to Todd Andrew Meister which...

No matter what level of dressmaker you are, one of the most important Haberdashery items in your sewing box is elastic. Elastic is a flexible and stretchy item made from rubber and then covered in either cotton or polycotton; useful for a number of different projects. It can usually be found in two main types, flat and round, with each...

One of the best selling haberdashery items here at Calico Laine is our range of zips however many customers who ring us to Buy Zips are unsure as to which type of zip they need for their project. There are a number of different zips in our range and these are split into two different types; open end and closed...

In general, most of our customers have a preference to whether they like their fabrics to have a matte finish or to be shiny and this is particularly the case when it comes to Wedding Fabrics. Decades ago it would have been fashionable to have a wedding dress or bridesmaid dresses made from high sheen fabrics such as lightweight satins...