LATEST UPDATE!!!
November 2025 to January 2026 course dates now available for booking!
This is the perfect sewing course for you if you are a complete beginner wishing to have a thorough introduction to using a sewing machine, learning different sewing techniques, understanding basic sewing patterns and learning basic cutting skills. This course consists of four two and three quarter hour sessions in which you will be taken from the very basics of setting up and threading a sewing machine to making a simple A-line skirt to show off your newly acquired sewing skills by the end of it! Please note that weekend courses cover 2 sessions per day, whether weekday ones are taught once a week for 4 consecutive weeks.
You can choose to use one of our machines (we are a fully equipped studio with enough machines for all participants) or you’re very welcome to bring your own if you’d like to learn to use it, but please do let us know beforehand if you plan to do this as depending on the type of machine you have, it may not be suitable for some of the projects covered on this course. So… come along, be part of a lovely small group with plenty of individual attention from the tutor, learn to sew, chat and make friends. The tea and biscuits are on us!
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
- How to cut and pin fabric using a simple pattern
- How to thread the machine and wind a bobbin
- How to sew straight seams and how to finish them
- How to create a fabulous covered button
- Understanding and demystifying sewing patterns including their mysterious language and symbols
- How to correctly take your measurements
- How to alter the pattern and skirt to your perfect fit
- How to insert a regular zip
- How to finish a waistline with bias binding
And much much more!
SESSION 1- Button Down Cushion
Make a fabulous cushion cover with a covered button perfect to jazz up your home or give away as a gift!
SESSION 2- Tote Bag
In this session you will take your skills further and gain extra confidence with your sewing by making a handy boxy tote bag
SESSIONS 3 & 4 – A-line Skirt
Consolidate and build on the skills learnt in the previous sessions by taking them further with this simple dressmaking project packed with essential basic dressmaking techniques.
WHAT TO BRING:
Nothing for the Cushion and Tote Bag projects! You will be able to choose from a selection of our fabrics for both these projects at no extra cost!
For the Skirt, fabric will need to be purchased. We have a lovely selection of suitable fabrics available to purchase during the course at very affordable prices and we also sell the necessary haberdashery needed for this project. If you would rather source your skirt fabric elsewhere, we’ll be able to give you advice during the course, however, due to beginners lack of fabric knowledge and the often ill advice given in fabric shops, we highly recommend our carefully selected fabrics, in order to avoid having to purchase fabric a second time, due to sourcing the wrong one in the first place.
All classes include patterns and step by step illustrated instructions for each project completed so you can practice your newly acquired skills at home!
Dates
- Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th November 2025, 10:30am-4:30pm
- Tuesday 25th November + 2nd, 9th & 16th December 2025, 10:30am-1:15pm
- Tuesday 25th November + 2nd, 9th & 16th December 2025, 6:30pm-9:15pm
- Wednesday 26th November + 3rd, 10th & 17th December 2025, 6:30pm-9:15pm
- Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th December 2025, 10:30am-4:30pm
- Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st December 2025, 10:30am-4:30pm
- Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th January 2026, 10:30am-4:30pm
- Tuesday 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th January 2026, 10:30am-1:15pm
- Tuesday 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th January 2026, 6:30pm-9:15pm
- Wednesday 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th January 2026, 10:30am-1:15pm
- Wednesday 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th January 2026, 6:30pm-9:15pm
- Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th January 2026, 10:30am-4:30pm
- Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th January 2026, 10:30am-4:30pm
- Saturday 31st January + Sunday 1st February 2026, 10:30am-4:30pm
* Please arrive 5 minutes early to ensure prompt start and to make the most of your class. Please bring a packed lunch for all day courses.
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