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

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In-person course

Flintshire - Next course on 15th June 2022

Garment construction techniques - a beginners guide to sewing

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£240

This is a six week, one day a week, course designed for the complete novice, new to making your own clothes. The course runs on Wednesdays 10.00am - 3.00pm, beginning on June 15th and continuing until July 20th. 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...

This is a six week, one day a week, course designed for the complete novice, new to making your own clothes. The course runs on Wednesdays 10.00am - 3.00pm, beginning...

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Craft kit

Tilly and the buttons Coco Top kit with pattern and fabric

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£49.95

This kit includes a Tilly and the Buttons Coco kit for the top version. This is a lovely pattern for either a plain or funnel neck top. The fabric is a striped jersey fabric that compliments the pattern. Instructions for making include photographs to help. A lovely kit to give as a gift or treat yourself to a workshop at home in your own time. You will use this pattern again and again. Confident beginners will love this easy make. If you have just got an overlocker this is a...

This kit includes a Tilly and the Buttons Coco kit for the top version. This is a lovely pattern for either a plain or funnel neck top. The fabric is...

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In-person course

Flintshire - Next course on 16th June 2022

Tailoring for beginners - creating your own tailored garment - waistcoat - 2 Day Course

£140

Using the patterns from Vanessa Mooncie's, The Gentleman's Wardrobe, this two day course will teach you how to adapt a menswear pattern to your own measurements and then the techniques to construct and finish your own beautifully tailored waistcoat The pattern can be adapted to ladieswear or menswear. A copy of the book and all patterns, are included in the cost, along with a wool practice fabric, calico and all other materials. All you will need to bring is a notebook and maybe an A4 file and envelopes to keep...

Using the patterns from Vanessa Mooncie's, The Gentleman's Wardrobe, this two day course will teach you how to adapt a menswear pattern to your own measurements and then the techniques...

In-person course

East Sussex - Next course on 4th June 2022

Flower crown workshop & bubbly in Brighton

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£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...

In-person course

Bedfordshire - Next course on 25th May 2022

Denim jeans - be the designer!

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£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...

In-person course

Cardiff - Next course on 24th May 2022

Dungaree Making with Twin Made One-to-One 1 to 1

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£100

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....

In-person course

West Yorkshire - Next course on 25th May 2022

Monthly beginners sewing class - Weds evening

(5)

£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...

In-person course

Worcestershire - Next course on 9th July 2022

Sewing for the Terrified 2-day Intensive

(3)

£150

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...

Online on-demand course

Capsule wardrobe: sewing & fashion design course for beginners

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£170

What is a capsule wardrobe? In this online sewing course, you will learn how to design and sew your own t-shirts, dresses, jumpers, hoodies, and relaxed trousers (anything you see in the pictures here). This bundle course is a perfect introduction to fashion design. You will learn how to make simple patterns based on your own personal measurements, which means that EVERYBODY will make garments for their size! Once purchased, the course is available for life - we don't put any time restrictions, as we understand that everyone is learning...

What is a capsule wardrobe? In this online sewing course, you will learn how to design and sew your own t-shirts, dresses, jumpers, hoodies, and relaxed trousers (anything you see...

In-person course

East Sussex - Next course on 24th May 2022

Weekly sewing & dressmaking classes for all levels in Brighton - Hove - Sussex

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£30

This is a 2.5 hour weekly 'sew whatever you want' Stitch classes with Sew In Brighton sewing school. Central Hove classroom on Church Road. Monday Evenings: 6:30pm-9:00pm Tuesday Mornings: 10am-12:30pm Wednesday Mornings: 10am-12:30pm Thursday Evenings: 7pm-9:30pm Plus two weekend classes per month Block book to save money, then choose your own dates, not necessarily consecutive. Get expert support on your choice of sewing project; cover the content of most other courses; maximum 5 students per class. In Stitch Classes you can, for example: - Make clothes from commercial patterns including...

This is a 2.5 hour weekly 'sew whatever you want' Stitch classes with Sew In Brighton sewing school. Central Hove classroom on Church Road. Monday Evenings: 6:30pm-9:00pm Tuesday Mornings: 10am-12:30pm...