Haberdashery

In our haberdashery range, we stock all your sewing essentials, including scissors, needles, thread, pins, tape-measures and much more. We also have a large selection of fastenings, as well as accessories for specific garments such as buttons, boning and threads. If you are looking to mend an item, bring it in with you, and we can do our best to match the fabric and give you advice on fastenings.

Scissors

We sell Janome, Mundial and Fiskars. We have in varying sizes from 12″ down to 4.5″ and cover a variety of uses including dress-making, embroidery scissors, snips, Pinking shears and folding scissors.

Needles

We stock Milward, Pony, and John James for both hand and machine sewing.
In our hand sewing needles, we stock Sharps, Embroidery, Crewel, Tapestry, Curved, Beading, Children’s Plastic, Darning, Gold cross-stitch and some Clover Black and Gold quilting needles
For your sewing machine – We keep sizes 9 to 18, as well as different points such as Leather, Ballpoint and twin needles

Pins

We stock various types of pins.
Standard straight pins in varying styles and lengths; glass-headed, bead-headed, dress-making pins bridal pins and appliqué pins.
We also stock Safety pins in various sizes, including curved ones for quilting, kilt pins and nappy pins.

Fastenings

We keep a wide variety of miscellaneous fastenings, such as poppers, Velcro and hooks and eyes, as well as a wide selection of zips. Whatever your project, bring it in to us and we can help to recommend the best fastening for you!
We stock zips for every need, including invisible dress zips, metal trouser zips and open ended zips for jackets. All our zips are available in several colours.

Metal toothed Jean zips in sizes 3″ to 8″
Dress zips from 4″ to 22″
Invisible zips in 8″, 14″ and 22″
Open-ended zips from 10″ up to approximately 35″, with plain or chunky teeth.
We stock zips on a roll, to be cut to any length, in colours black, white and beige
We also now stock clip-on zipper-pulls for repairing zips.

Boning

We stock Twill boning (covered) and Ridgeline boning, which are both suitable for corsets. We also sell metal boning in two widths, suitable for hooped skirts.

Mending

We stock everything you might need for basic mending, such as elbow patches in leather, corduroy and suede, mending tapes in 10 different colours, hemming tape, trouser patches in black, navy or denim, replacement pockets, and darning wools.

Name tapes

We have 3 different varieties of name tape. We stock the basic iron-on tapes which can be written on with a pen, we can order Cashes name tapes, which are embroidered tapes, and we also now can print, in-store, iron-on name tapes, with any name, for as little as £2 for 25 labels.

Elastic

We stock elastic up to 5″ wide, in predominantly black and white, in flat or round elastic. We also stock a few colours in thinner widths and some coloured waistband elastics. We also have sheering elastic in many colours.

Threads

We stock a variety of different brands and styles of thread, for both hand and machine sewing.
We have Coats Cotton, and Coats Duet Polyester thread, as well as a small range of Coats Extra Strong thread, all ideal for most sewing needs.
We stock Moon threads, Anchor Alkazar Embroidery thread, and Anchor metallic threads, ideal for machine use, and also a range of cheaper threads, for general repairs. We also stock Linen thread for use with leather or upholstery.
In our Gutermann range, we now stock All-Purpose polyester thread, for hand or machine sewing, 100% Cotton Embroidery thread and machine quilting thread, as well as pre-waxed hand quilting thread.

Machine Accessories

We sell bobbins, in both metal and plastic, belts, generic zipper feet, and machine oil, which can all be used across various different makes and models.
Since we started selling Brother sewing machines, we now also stock several different feet and accessories for Brother machines, and can easily order any that we don’t have in stock.

Lingerie accessories

We stock various items for making underwear and clothes more comfortable , including; Bra extenders, Bra strap retainers, Strap cushions, Bra cups, Bra wire, Nipple protectors, Shoulder pads, Swimwear cups, Push up pads, and Dress shields

Curtain accessories

We even sell a wide range of curtain hooks, tapes and lining for curtains and blinds.
Curtain Lining – Black out 54” wide and Normal lining in cream 48”and 54” wide.
Curtain Heading tape in 1”, 2”, 3”, 6”and a firmer woven pocket in 3” widths.
Curtain lining tape and Roman and Austrian blind tape.
Austrian blind cord in white black and ecru and thicker in black and white.
Curtain hooks – metal and plastic in various styles.
Iron and sew on Buckram 6” wide,
Pelmet Vilene 12” wide and 36” wide.
Piping cord in Sizes 1,2,3,4,5,6