Laura

When you think of Haberdashery and sewing you may not automatically think of pens and markers but it can be a sewing box essential item and there are a number of different dressmaking markers available for different projects. They can be used for dressmaking, quilting, embroidery and household uses. The traditional type of marker you may find in the Haberdashery...

It's that time of year again when the nights are drawing, the weather is getting cooler and the kids are back to school. This is the time of year when people start to think about Halloween and with it becoming a bigger occasion in the last few years, there will be a lot of people choosing Dress Fabric to make their...

In both our Liscard and Neston branches we have a lot of customers who enjoy doing quilting, whether that be making a child's cot blanket, a quilted bag or quilted cover for the bed. We sell a lot of craft cotton for this type of sewing project however it is also important that when you are buying fabric for quilting...

Even though we are still experiencing fairly warm weather, it will soon be Autumn and the time to be thinking of wearing warmer clothes. With the weather we usually experience in Britain in the later part of the year it is time to Buy Fabric to make yourself a warm winter coat and winter skirts. This week we have added...

This week, Kensington Palace announced that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were expecting their second child. Last time the Duchess was pregnant there was a media frenzy around the baby and I am sure it will be the same this time around. With the announcement of a new baby it has got us thinking in the office of all...

This week saw the 17th Annual GQ Men of the Year Awards and although the night was mainly about the men there were plenty of female celebrities, wearing a variety of Dress Fabrics, on the red carpet. This year saw a lot of particularly revealing dresses and black was a popular choice of colour for the night. PVC and Sheer...

As mentioned in our blog earlier in the week, Sunday saw celebrities hitting the red carpet in LA for the MTV video awards. One of the stand out looks for the evening was Katy Perry and and rapper Riff Raff in outfits made from denim Dress Fabrics. Katy was paying homage to the infamous denim outfit worn to the 28th...

When people are looking at organising their big day, they think of Wedding Fabric as being mainly for the bridal gown and the bridesmaid dresses but there are a number of things that fabric can be used for as well as these two aspects. One of the main areas that fabric can be used for on your wedding day is...

A few weeks back Cheryl Cole surprised her fans by announcing she had married her French restauranteur boyfriend of three months, Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini. They married in a casual and very private ceremony on the beach in Mustique. There haven't been any official photographs of the couple on the day and not much has been revealed about what Cheryl wore so...

This year, we seem to have been fairly lucky with the weather and have had a few weeks of hot and sunny weather. Now is the time that people usually go on holiday but even if you aren't going away you can still get out your summer clothes and Dressmaking Fabrics to make the most of the heatwave we are...