Crafts

  1. Jewellery Making with Crafts

    Jewellery Making is a very popular hobby and skill that seems to become more favoured during the summertime. Crafts for Jewellery making include Jewellery Tools and Jewellery Beads which let you make unique pieces for yourself and others. The Jewellery Beads in our Crafts section enable you to make statement pieces or intricate pieces depending on the occasion. Faceted Beads...
  2. Easy Mothers Day 'Present'

    Something all Mums love at any time of year is handcrafted gifts from their children, Even if their children are now all grown up. So if you're feeling like you want to home make a Craft item for your Mum this Mothers day then this is a very simple 'present' that would make a lovely forever crafted keepsake. This Craft idea requires minimal...
  3. Craft Ideas for Mothers Day

    Crafting is a great idea for kids and is a fantastic way of filling up those dreary, rainy days and what better way to get your kids interested in Crafts than to have them make something special for their mum on Mothers Day. Mums may love perfume and chocolates at any other time of the year but on Mother's Day...
  4. Crafts at Calico Laine

    Aside from our massive range of dressmaking and quilting fabrics, Calico Laine also stocks products for craft-making, which are popular with all ages; whether you’re a seasoned crafter or you’re helping your young relatives to start crafts for the first time, the best place to start is our Crafts section on our website. In today’s blog, we’ll be talking about...
  5. Craft Tutorial - Up-cycling With Baby Clothes

    "Cushion for Daddy" is the ideal keepsake for any proud father. Following on from Alex's blog about upcycling, here is a more in depth blog about reusing your favourite baby's clothes and using a crafty way of turning them into a keepsake you can cherish forever. All the pictures featured in this blog are clothes all from the same batch...
  6. Haberdashery - My favourite Vilene products

    Today we’re going to discuss a few of my of favourite Haberdashery products, Vilene. I particularly like using this brand of interfacings and interlinings as Vilene are renowned for their excellent quality products. Vilene is a German based company who delegate a whole team of people to design innovative products which are used by professionals and home crafters alike, which...
  7. Crafts for Kids!

    So after constantly reminding me about how I’d promised them that I would do ‘knitting’ with them, Saturday was Craft day for me and my twin nieces (I shall refer to them as Twin E and Twin P) I’ll be honest and say that I was not looking forward to this as I’m a bit of a control freak and...
  8. How to use Cord in Craft and Dressmaking Projects

    Cords are an essential item of haberdashery and a great addition to your sewing box, our extensive range of Cords vary in structure and width and start at as little as 1mm and are one of the most versatile items we sell. Cords are an item that we do not think of often but we use almost every day. Cords...
  9. Up-cycling with Haberdashery from Calico Laine

    A child's pillow made from an old t-shirt. Created by Gemma Edwards. As a long established supplier of fabrics and haberdashery we have seen fashions come and go and have witnessed the many dips and falls in the market over the 40 years we have been trading. Over the last couple of years we have seen a sharp rise...
  10. Great British Sewing Bee - Christmas Special

    For those of us who have been eagerly awaiting the return of Patrick Grant and May Martin for series two of The Great British Sewing Bee, last night's Christmas Special of the hit BBC 2 show was just enough to whet our appetites for all things sewing and get our creative juices flowing just in time for the hotly anticipated...

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