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  1. Buy Fabrics Online for Christmas Party Outfits

    By this time next week, all of the Halloween parties and fancy dress outfits will be a distant memory and people will be focused on their Christmas celebrations. People will be buying gifts in the shops and organising parties for Christmas and New Year with family and work colleagues. Here at Calico Laine we have already organised our Christmas night...
  2. Satin Fabrics for Fancy Dress Costumes

    We often get customers coming to us when they are going to a party and need to create a fancy dress outfit and with our large range of dressmaking fabrics we can usually find something that will suit their ideas. People do not want to spend too much money when they are creating fancy dress as the outfit is usually...
  3. Fleece Fabric for the Autumn

    So far, we have been quite lucky with the weather and it has been surprisingly warm for September but today has taken a turn and the wet and cold weather seems to have truly arrived or at least it has in our Liscard store! It won't be too long before we start putting the heating on at home and will all be...
  4. Haberdashery - Bias Binding at Calico Laine

    Sewing is a skill and it can take many years to master it so that your craft and dressmaking projects look precise and tidy. To give your sewing a more professional look, you want to create a neat edge to your seams and this can sometimes be tricky. Bias binding is a useful Haberdashery item to use to cover your...
  5. Buying net curtains at your local Fabric Shop

    Calico Laine does not only have a wonderful website where you can buy a huge array of different dressmaking fabrics and haberdashery but we also have a Fabric Shop in both Liscard and Neston on the Wirral which you can visit and find all the things you need for a multitude of projects. One of our best selling ranges in...
  6. Reversible Satin Fabric for special occasion wear

    Satin Fabric is always a popular material to use for special occasion outfits and will probably continue to be popular for this use for years to come. There are a number of different satins available on the market including duchess satin and stretch satin for structured dresses that need a bit of body to them; to silk touch satin which...
  7. Buy Zips for Repairing School Clothes

    This week, the kids have been sent back to school and most of them will be wearing brand spanking new uniforms, looking particularly smart for their 'first day of school' photos. Unfortunately however, it probably won't be too long before the rough and tumble of school means that uniform and bags will start to get broken, ripped or damaged and...
  8. Towelling Fabrics at Calico Laine

    A towel is an everyday object that most people do not even think about from day to day yet it is one of those essential items that you probably wouldn't want to live without. Towelling Fabrics are used to make towels that will dry a body or surface by drawing moisture when it is in direct contact with the wet...
  9. Halloween at Calico Laine

    This week and next, the kids will start going back to school after what may seem to many, a very long summer holiday. When the summer holidays are over many people begin thinking about Christmas but before Christmas comes along their is another day that the kids love to celebrate, Halloween! Halloween is a big holiday in the United States with...
  10. Gutermann Threads - a leader in the world of threads

    At Calico Laine, we are known for providing high quality haberdashery and fabric to our customers and we like to sell well known brands so that customers can be assured of the quality. In our haberdashery section we stock a large amount of thread with our biggest supplier being Gutermann Threads. Gutermann are a German based company and in our...

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