Dressmaking and tailoring: clothes making courses, craft kits and handcrafted gifts

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Sewing & Fashion Design for Kids (~8-12yrs)

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Sewing & Fashion Design for Kids (~8-12yrs)

Online on-demand course

£80

Have your kids ever wanted to learn sewing? How about fashion design? This groundbreaking course will demystify the art of dressmaking. Simple techniques. Fantastic structure. The knowledge that will stay for life. The course is 100% online, with no expiration date: take it at your own time & speed. Our age range is only a recommendation: younger kids may also take the course but will need assistance from parents, older kids can be learning on their own.

Have your kids ever wanted to learn sewing? How about fashion design? This groundbreaking course will demystify the art of dressmaking. Simple techniques. Fantastic structure. The knowledge that will stay...

Flower crown workshop & bubbly in Brighton

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Flower crown workshop & bubbly in Brighton

In-person course

East Sussex - Next course on 15th January 2022

£40

What we’ll do: On arrival, you will be greeted with a glass of bubbly and a tropical apron. Adorn your heads with beautiful flowers, create something delicate & demure or bright & colourful to wear at a hen do, baby shower, music festival, just for fun, or the love of Frida Kahlo. This creative workshop is perfect for hen parties and is suitable for beginners as I will be guiding you through the hands-on process of making your own beautiful crown, one step at a time. A fun and friendly...

What we’ll do: On arrival, you will be greeted with a glass of bubbly and a tropical apron. Adorn your heads with beautiful flowers, create something delicate & demure or...

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Denim jeans - be the designer!

In-person course

Bedfordshire - Next course on 28th November 2021

£110

Learn how to make yourself a pair of jeans! Even if you can't sew, just be the designer for the day. Angela used to work in the denim industry as a sample machinist (since the 1970s) for Lee Cooper and is willing to show you and help you make a pair of designer jeans from start to finish. The workshops are run from Angela's own design studio and sewing roo Shop.which is full of materials, books, and unusual objects. All set on at a Watermill in the Bedfordshire countryside. First...

Learn how to make yourself a pair of jeans! Even if you can't sew, just be the designer for the day. Angela used to work in the denim industry as...

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Dungaree Making with Twin Made

In-person course

Cardiff - Next course on 28th November 2021

£85

Join us to make a pair of dungarees with lots of pockets. You will need to bring 2.5/3 metres of a prewashed medium weight fabric, cord or twill work great. You will take home your dungarees, pattern and instructions so you can make more in all the colours. After the class you will also receive a dungaree hack, so when making again you could add: tie straps, inseam pockets and even dungaree shorts! A week before the class we will ask for your hip and inside leg measurement so we...

Join us to make a pair of dungarees with lots of pockets. You will need to bring 2.5/3 metres of a prewashed medium weight fabric, cord or twill work great....

Monthly beginners sewing class - Weds evening

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Monthly beginners sewing class - Weds evening

In-person course

West Yorkshire - Next course on 2nd February 2022

£60

Our monthly Beginners Sewing class, running on a Wednesday evening over 4 weeks. Please contact us for dates not listed. this course also runs on a Saturday daytime during the summer holidays. Our 4 week Beginners Sewing course is ideal to get you started. We can teach you all the basics including an understanding of your sewing machine, accurate stitching and basic problem solving (or avoiding!) . The course runs on a Wednesday evening most months, running from 6.30-8.30pm and lasts for 4 weeks. We will cover: Week 1: Learn...

Our monthly Beginners Sewing class, running on a Wednesday evening over 4 weeks. Please contact us for dates not listed. this course also runs on a Saturday daytime during the...

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You Choose Sewing days: One to One

In-person course

Berkshire - Next course on 10th January 2022

£100

You have no idea what you can do until you try! Can you sew in a straight(ish) line with your sewing machine? - or would you like to learn? Time to get brave, and these one to one sewing days are for you to learn at your own pace. There's no right or wrong with what you want to learn - just get in touch with me before you book, and we can chat through what you'd like to do. Where possible, we'll use fabric that has been washed and...

You have no idea what you can do until you try! Can you sew in a straight(ish) line with your sewing machine? - or would you like to learn? Time...

Sewing for the Terrified 2-day Intensive

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Sewing for the Terrified 2-day Intensive

In-person course

Worcestershire

£120

This intensive class runs over two full days. We start by taking you through the basic functions of a sewing machine and how it works. Classes are designed to give you a thorough grounding in all the essential sewing know-how, gradually building your confidence in a variety of useful techniques which can be applied to any project. You’ll come away with samples and notes. The class is suitable for absolute beginners, those who’ve stumbled along without any formal training and the very rusty! Please note: course dates may not be...

This intensive class runs over two full days. We start by taking you through the basic functions of a sewing machine and how it works. Classes are designed to give...

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Tailoring Taster Class

In-person course

Hertfordshire - Next course on 21st January 2022

£70

Learn sewing skills using the oldest and most skilled techniques that have been handed down from generation to generation. Savile Row is a street in Mayfair that has housed and trained tailors for 250 years. It is known world wide for its high end, hand crafted suits. Even in Japan the word for suit is 'sebiru', a corruption of 'Savile Row’. This course is a taster of what Savile Row is all about. The day will consist of secrets of the trade from hand stitching to tailoring techniques used to...

Learn sewing skills using the oldest and most skilled techniques that have been handed down from generation to generation. Savile Row is a street in Mayfair that has housed and...

Learn to sew a stretch jersey dress workshop

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Learn to sew a stretch jersey dress workshop

In-person course

South Yorkshire - Next course on 10th December 2021

£100

The pattern: Easy to make, with no fiddly bits, the 'Lotta' dress pattern by Tilly and the Buttons is a perfect dressmaking project for beginners. It has a blousey bodice and flared skirt, cinched in with a narrow elasticated waistline. Choose between knee-length or midi-length skirt, with grown-on short sleeves or bracelet-length drop shoulder sleeves, with optional deep patch pockets. This dress is made with stretchy jersey fabric for the ultimate comfy fit. Sizing: The pattern comes in hip size 84-130cm. Sewing Level: This course is aimed at beginner sewists....

The pattern: Easy to make, with no fiddly bits, the 'Lotta' dress pattern by Tilly and the Buttons is a perfect dressmaking project for beginners. It has a blousey bodice...

Garment Construction Techniques - A Beginners Guide to Sewing

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Garment Construction Techniques - A Beginners Guide to Sewing

In-person course

Flintshire - Next course on 26th January 2022

£320

This is a six week, one day a week, course designed for the complete novice, new to making your own clothes. This valuable course will show you how to master garment making techniques and also cover basic skills such as how to thread the sewing machine, learning about the various stitches and their uses, general care and maintenance of the machine. You will create a range of stitching samples to help boost your confidence with using a sewing machine, as you progress you will make a selection of samples showing...

This is a six week, one day a week, course designed for the complete novice, new to making your own clothes. This valuable course will show you how to master...