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Visit our experienced staff and let us help to create the perfect look for your home.

Our bespoke made to measure service offers a wide range of fabrics to choose from which are then handmade to suit your style. Choose from traditional pencil or goblet pleat headers or create a more modern look with the option of tab top or eyelets. We also offer a free sampling service so pop in today for your free no obligation quote!

To create the perfect finish to your room we also offer a made to measure service for:

· Curtains
· Blinds
· Cushion Covers
· Valances
· Nets & Voiles
· Swags & Tails

Bring along to any of our 10 stores, your window measurements, colour scheme plus and any photographs for inspiration. You can then choose from our wide selection of fabrics, soft furnishings, trimmings and accessories. If you would like help on how to measure your windows, please click here.

The Home Interiors Department at our Mostyn, North Wales Store offers expansive selection of fabric sample books from leading brands such as Liberty, William Morris, Clarke & Clarke, Voyage, iliv and Sanderson. It also offers a range of Vintage Chalk Paint, wallpaper, poles and tracks, ready made cushions and throws, pictures and ornaments to complete the look!

Our Made to Measure Service in 3 steps

Step 1. Choose your fabric, heading types, lining & accessories
Step 2. Confirm your measurements
Step 3. Confirm your order

Call into any store for your free quotation (open 7 days)

Thank you to everyone who takes part in our monthly project competition - we love to see what everyone makes so please keep your photographs coming in.

We would like to say a huge congratulations to Anna Byrne who has been chosen as our Project of the Year 2019 winner with this amazing mask - it looks amazing!

You have won a £75 Abakhan Gift Voucher to spend with us. Happy Shopping!

Pick up your new Loyalty Card available at all stores from Thursday 1st November! We have listened to customer feedback and our rewards have now changed and we offer instant savings!

One stamp when you spend £15.00 or more in-store

Collect 5 stamps and receive £2.50 off current purchase

Collect 10 stamps and receive a £5.00 off current purchase

Collect 14 stamps and receive 15% off your 15th transaction

For store details please click here

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By signing up to the loyalty Card programme, you agree to the following terms and conditions:
• The Loyalty Card is available for use at all stores
• The Loyalty Card can not be used online
• Stamps are allocated at a rate of one per transaction (irrespective of value)
• We can use your details for marketing purposes
• Lost or stolen cards cannot be replaced
• We reserve the right to withdraw or terminate the Loyalty Card programme without prior notice
• We reserve the right to substitute rewards with alternatives

The following items/services are excluded from both the qualifying spend per stamp and the 15% off your 5th transaction:
• Sewing & Craft Classes
• Made-to-Measure Service
• Gift Vouchers
• Food & Drink items at Mostyn, North Wales including any food products in the Gift Shop
• Postage, Packing and Handling Charges where applicable
• The 15% discount off your 15th transaction is not available in conjunction with any other discount or promotional offer

We will never pass on your details to anyone.

We are delighted to confirm that the rumours are true, Ab now open!

The store on Market Street is our tenth bricks & mortar store and the furthest south to date. It features a wide range of dressmaking & household fabrics, crafts, haberdashery & knitting yarns plus a specialist curtain and blind making department.
The Shrewsbury store will have a workshop area, with a programme of sewing and craft classes, taster sessions and free demonstrations.

Who loves yarn?

We are happy to announce that we have a HUGE selection of Sirdar Clearance packs of yarn available at all stores and online Selling at less than 50% RRP we have three price points to choose from - £15.98, £19.99 & £22.49 per pack!

• K025 Sublime Cotton Silk DK RRP £49 / Our price £22.49
• K026 Sublime Phoebe RRP £55 / Our price £22.49
• Sirdar Sylvan RRP £28 / Our price £15.98
• Sirdar Wash n Wear RRP £27.50 / Our price £15.98

Plus for every pack purchased in-store you will receive a free pattern whilst stocks last.



FREE Patterns

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To keep up to date with what is happening at Abakhan please sign up here

We are pleased to announce we are now offering 10% discount to all senior citizens every Wednesday at all stores!

Simply show your bus pass, senior railcard or any other photographic ID with proof of age at the till point.


We also have a special Cafe offer at Mostyn available every Wednesday 11.30am-2.30pm
**FREE pudding of the day with any main meal or light bite (excluding half portions) **



Terms and Conditions
• Is available to personal customers in store at the advertised times only
• Is not available online
• Is not available for telephone orders
• Will not be applied to items retailing at 4p or less, irrespective of the total quantity purchased
• Is not available in conjunction with any other discount or promotional offer
• Will not be applied to previously discounted or reduced goods
• Simply show your bus pass, senior railcard or any other photographic ID with proof of age at the till point.


The following are also excluded:
• Sewing & Craft Classes
• Made-to-Measure Service
• Gift Vouchers
• Food & Drink items at Mostyn, North Wales including any food products in the Gift Shop
• Postage, Packing & Handling Charges where applicable
• Any other products or services clearly marked in store

We are delighted to see that our Mostyn (North Wales) Store made it into Love Sewing Magazine's Shop of the Month Feature!

A BIG congratulations to our twenty lucky winners who have each won a £20 Abakhan Gift Voucher to spend simply for entering our free prize draw during the Summer Sale Preview Evening!

Please check your emails for details of how to claim your prize.
Happy Shopping!!

Abakhan’s resident knitting expert Maivena Bingham holds regular surgeries for new and experienced knitters who need a little extra help with their latest project. Here Maivena explains some of the common problems that come up at those surgeries, and the quick fixes that make for a better knit.

1. When knitting in stocking stitch (purl one row, knit one row), a common problem can be loose or curling edges, some people also find that the bottom row curls up. To improve the finish of the edges simply knit into the back of every stitch on your first row only and into the back of your first and last stitch on every row.

2. Many people ask if there’s any way to save a dropped stitch and the answer is, thankfully, yes! Even the most experienced knitters drop the odd stitch, but many don’t realise that all can be saved with a simple crochet hook. Choose a crochet hook one size down from your needles, so a 3mm hook if you are using 4mm needles. Insert the hook into the loop of the dropped stitch. Next grab the bar of the stitch right above the loop in the crook of your crochet hook then simply pull the bar through the stitch. This method even works if the stitch was dropped several rows down. All you need to do is repeat the method above until the crocheted stitch is on the same row as the rest of your knitting.

3. Brackets can cause confusion when using a pattern. The simple rule of them is that whatever is in the bracket must be repeated. No matter how experienced you are at knitting it is always a good idea to read all of the abbreviations for a pattern before starting your project. Abbreviations can vary between patterns and five minutes reading can save a lot of disappointment later.

4. Cable 4 back, often abbreviated as C4B, is one of the most misunderstood stitches. It is a basic cable that comprises a certain number of stitches in stockinette stitch against a reverse stockinette stitch background. The 4 refer to the total number of stitches to form the cable, which breaks down into 2 forward and 2 back.

Maivena Bingham is an experienced tutor of knitting and crochet with a BA (Hons) in Fashion and Textiles from Kingston University. Maivena holds regular classes as well as knitting and crochet surgeries at Abakhan in Mostyn

This fabulous dress was created by Anna Lindsay, of Holywell High School for her year 11 GCSE Art examination piece.

It is made with wall paper with a leaf pattern which were embossed with gold thread and hand sewn to the fabric layers which form the basis of the ballgown.

The dress is an art piece that follows the theme and style of work of the artist Claire Coles, who uses wall papers in many of her art pieces.

Well done Anna - we think it is amazing!!