Laura

So, this weekend is the August bank holiday and a time that means that it is the end of the summer. It will soon be September and the kids will be returning to school, after a long six weeks off. As soon as the schools start the autumn term, most parents start to think about the dreaded 'C' word...Christmas! It may...

Calico Laine is a well known name in the Wirral and Merseyside area for fabric supplies and for most people it is the only Fabric Shop worth visiting! Established back in the early seventies by David and Wendy Baker, it is still a family run business (with a number of extra staff added now!) headed by Dave and Wendy and...

When you are looking to Buy Haberdashery, as with any other type of purchase, you are looking for the best quality item you can afford and most people will tend to buy from a brand that they are familiar with. Here are Calico Laine we try to supply as much of a range as possible and offer Haberdashery items from...

This week we have received a number of deliveries featuring new Dress Fabrics. It is always quite exciting to get new material and customers love to see what new additions we have in stock through our website and Facebook page. This week, one of the most interesting fabrics that have been added to our velvet range are extra heavy crushed...

Customers at Calico Laine Buy Fabrics Online for all different uses and we are often sending fabric out to customers who are creating costumes for theatre performances and dance shows. In the last week we have created a new section on our website dedicated to dance fabrics. These fabrics are ideal for creating costumes for theatre shows, dance competitions and...

The summer months are always busy for people getting married and it is usually known in the business as 'wedding season'. Nowadays with the average cost of a wedding around £20,500, people are tending to lean towards making a lot of their own items for their big day, whether that be invitations, table decorations, bridesmaid dresses or even their own...

In the last few weeks, a number of my trousers have unfortunately worn out and now have small holes in them. As with most clothes, over time, trousers do deteriorate after a lot of wears. Most people in this day and age of the throwaway society would simply buy another pair and throw out the old ones. This however is...

Quilting is one of many Crafts that dates back centuries, with the earliest piece of quilting dating back to around 3400BC; a padded garment depicted on an ivory statue of an Egyptian pharaoh. The word 'quilt' is taken from the latin word 'culcita' meaning stuffed sack and the technique of quilting has been part of the needlework tradition in Europe...

This week we had a visit from one of our lovely online customers who had travelled all the way from South Lanarkshire, to visit family and to visit Calico Laine! She is a regular customer online due to the fact that there aren't many fabric stores in her area and we find that this is often the case with our...

Well, it is officially summer but we haven't really had much of a summer so far. With a lot of rainy days it has been fairly depressing weather wise but it has been forecast that we are due to have a heat wave in the next few weeks so fingers crossed. For those of you who aren't waiting for the...