Calico Lane Textiles in Liscard Village is a breath of fresh air if you are tired of poking around…read moreAbakhan and never finding what you need. Friendly staff are always willing to to help you how to find things, and will suggest where else to look if they don't have what you want. They offer a wide variety of fabrics, an entire room of card and scrap booking supplies, and have recently branched out into selling wool and yarn as well. You will also find beads and charms, snap-on and glue-on plush toy eyes, wedding favour boxes, sewing tools, rubber stamps, and much more. You probably won't find certain specialty items (such as cell phone charm straps, without the charms), but if you have fairly basic crafting needs, this shop can easily meet them, and provide some extra goodies as well. This shop is small, but definitely worth the visit even if you don't live locally.

Small shop just behind the main shopping centre in liscard. The shop sells all sorts of fabrics on…read morerolls and can cut to any length. The shop has steadily built up a supply of card making and scrapbooking materials including papers, embellishments, peel offs etc. and have kits, blank cards, cello bags etc. They also have things that are handy for Brownies and guides such as different coloured pipe cleaners and polystyrene shapes. The thing that lets this shop down the most is that despite being a fairly regular customer, the owners (who are the main shop workers) say just enough to get through a transaction and can seem cold and frosty considering that you are giving them business. It could be a warm friendly little shop, but I always find them very distant. Prices reasonable, and generally a handy shop.

A must for emerging and established knitters, Purlesque is a gorgeous boutique that sells beautiful…read morewool, yarn, buttons and crochet books. If you haven't got the patience or fingertips to stitch yourself, they also sell adorable hand-made bags, accessories and homeware. I love the mix of DIY jewellery, tote-bags, scarves and cushions but it's the knitted cupcakes and tea-cosies that I have my eye on. You bring the jam and scones, I'll get the kettle on...

This is a lovely little haberdashery store. The staff here are friendly, helpful and knowledgeable…read more Amongst the goodies on sale there is wool, yarn, buttons, jewellery beads, crochet kits, knitting patterns, bags, cushions, fabric and scarves. Everything is arranged neatly and the shop is a joy to browse around. This is a great little shop for when you're feeling a bit crafty :)

Sweet Homes Vintage Interiors is a fairly new home décor and gift shop located on Seaview Road in…read moreLiscard Village. They sell everything from doilies and teacups to candles and cookbooks. The style tends toward Kath Kidston, but with some other random items tossed in, including a basket of paperback romance novels at discounted prices. So, you never know what you might find here. I thought the shop was very artfully put together, and items were enticing. I would probably buy something here if I had more spending money of my own. I can't say that for most shops in Liscard Village. This is a lovely exception.

I love this place!…read more It's one of the best places for craft supplies in Liverpool. It rivals Abikan because of it's huge variety of felt squares in more colours than you could possibly need. (Abikan never seems to have more than about 20 colours.) They sell buttons, beads, ribbons, lace, yarn and wool, sequins, stickers, embellishments for cards, crochet hooks, knitting needles, scissors, and all sorts of other craft items and tools. And the prices are superb. The felt squares are around 37 pence for the small ones and 55 pence for the large ones (last I checked.) Most of the wool is between 79p and £3 a ball. And there are always some sale items like wool that's really cheap, bundles of ribbon for a few pence, etc. Incidentally I have never seen any children try to grab things from this stall. I'm not really sure what that would be the only thing someone could think of to say about this perfectly delicious crafty wonderland.

Small, independent craft shops are hard to find, so I'm always happy to promote one when I find…read moreone. For one thing, I think it's important for small businesses to keep pressing on despite the recession, because these are the shops that build our economy and make them better. And besides, you never know what you will find in a small shop like this. And Cat's Crafty Cabin inside Birkenhead Market is no exception. This little shop is a studio as well. The lady (Cat?) who runs it makes greeting cards on the spot and then offers them for sale. She also sells card making and scrap booking supplies such as stickers, stamps, and decoupage.

A lovely shop filled with all sorts, felt like I was in crafting heaven, but that fantasy soon…read moreturned into hell just because of the staff's attitudes towards me. I have no clue what I'm doing yet with sewing and buying materials and I asked a young girl if she could help me with questions about fleece and fabrics and the entire time I was talking to her she just gave me a look as if to tell me to bug off. The cashier was a little less hostile but gave me a "she's not going to be able to afford this" smirk when she rang up my price at the till, smirk was wiped away when I paid and then shortly came back with more. All in all the shop was amazing and I will be returning but I do wish the staff would cheer up a bit.

This palce is great for fabrics. I alsways go here, particularly when making the kids a costume for…read moreschool. It has a great selection of fabrics and arty stuff. The staff are very friendly and more than willing to help you out if needed. Not as cheap as it used to be in latter years, but I still love it! Definitely worth a visit.

For a split second, when I saw the name of this shop online, I thought Michaels had come to…read moreEngland. (Michaels is a fabulous, huge craft store chain in the USA.) But no such luck. This little place simply happens to be called Michael's and happens to sell a few art related items. It's mostly stationary and cards, though, and it's more of a newsagents than anything else. Nothing special here, I'm sorry to say.