Sewing & sewing machine courses

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Are you sewing skills a bit rusty, or non-existent? Is your sewing machine gathering dust? Or do you simply want to improve your sewing techniques whilst meeting people and enjoying yourself? These sewing and sewing machine courses are all across the UK. Learn from sewing experts who know their bias from their bobbins and soon you'll be sewing your heart out!

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Paint, Print and Stitch: Botanics with Kay Leech

Paint, Print and Stitch: Botanics with Kay Leech

In-person course

Covid19 update: offering over 100+ courses in Cumbria & the Lakes, we hope to resume all 'in person' courses in late July 2020. During lock down, we've upgraded a listed barn into a beautiful spacious workshop studio, enabling courses to take place with 2m distancing, hand washing and two staircases. It's possible usual catered lunches may not be included for summer courses, depending on circumstances at the time. About Paint, Print and Stitch: A botanically themed canvas of Paint Print and stitch with Kay Leech A lovely day with Kay...

Slow stitching in the summer

Slow stitching in the summer

In-person course

- Next course on 3rd August 2020

Spend a summer week in sunny South West France slow stitching under the shade of our walnut tree, beside the pool, or anywhere else you fancy! Sipping wine, dozing, relaxing… slow down and stitch! There are lots of REVIEWS on my website! This self-catering holiday mainly concerns hand stitching and assumes limited experience in using sewing machine. If you’re interested and have never used – or don’t want to use! – a sewing machine, please contact me and I’ll explain how it can be avoided! Techniques covered – there is...

Fashion Design Portfolio for 15 - 17 year Olds - Nottingham Trent University

Fashion Design Portfolio for 15 - 17 year Olds - Nottingham Trent University

In-person course

Nottinghamshire

Nottingham is famous for its fashion industry, being the home of international designer Paul Smith and a host of innovative boutique stores. And NTU students have been winning awards at all the major fashion competitions for many years. So why not become part of the creative action and develop your fashion knowledge and portfolio on our annual summer course, perfect for the next generation of fashion designers. On this course you'll learn how to create fashion concepts, taking your designs from an initial idea and sketch to a developed garment....

Pattern Cutting and Drafting for Beginners (Saturdays) - Nottingham Trent University

Pattern Cutting and Drafting for Beginners (Saturdays) - Nottingham Trent University

In-person course

Nottinghamshire

On this practical course, you will be introduced to the skill of creating your own blocks and dress pattern from scratch - and work to develop fitting techniques and a series of toiles. This course is ideal if you are already familiar with sewing and using commercial patterns and would like to start developing your own garment design. Whether you are already working in the industry, hoping to pursue academic study or are a home dressmaker seeking to improve your skillset, this course will help you develop practical skills in...

Tutu Making for Costume - Nottingham Trent University

Tutu Making for Costume - Nottingham Trent University

In-person course

Nottinghamshire

This is an exciting course designed for anyone who has an interest in theatre costume or ballet. It'll teach you how to make a professional tutu base and bodice for classical ballet dancers or ballet students. With a limit of seven people, you will have the one-to-one attention you need to ensure you leave with the skills to continue making tutus at home or work. Tutu making is a unique skill allowing costume professionals to stand out in a crowd with a competitive portfolio. It's not a widely taught subject...

Embroidery "Stitch for the Soul" with Julie Brand at Tigley Textiles in Worcester

In-person course

This is a lovely slow stitching day. Hand stitch some meaningful words and spend the day embellishing your panel. You will select your colour palette, then pick bits of fabric from boxes of colourful vintage fabrics and hand dyed lace. Decorate with vintage buttons and some embroidered flowers, a house or just birds and hearts. Feel free to bring scraps of meaningful fabric and bits and pieces of your own. Anything goes. Take home a completed panel which you can finish off to hang or frame or stitch onto a...

Quilting weekend - Hay on Wye

Quilting weekend - Hay on Wye

In-person course

Would you like a relaxing and stress-free weekend? Would you like to improve your quilting skills? Enjoy a whole weekend of sewing near Hay on Wye with expert tuition. A great way to build on your quilting skills in a relaxed and friendly setting. Come and learn this heritage craft and meet like-minded people. Quilting is a traditional craft which still has a place in our homes today. During the weekend you will learn a variety of quilting techniques which will be combined to create a lap quilt to take...

Professional Sewing Techniques - Nottingham Trent University

Professional Sewing Techniques - Nottingham Trent University

In-person course

Nottinghamshire

Would you like to take your sewing to the next level? Perhaps you’ve already made a few dresses and even completed some trickier projects and now you’re ready for more challenging dressmaking. Come and spend five days seriously improving your sewing techniques on this intensive, practical course based in our professional fashion studios. To begin... We offer you three patterns, and you choose your favourite - then make it during the first two sessions. You’ll explore different types of fabric (with access to the university fabric store) and the various...

Corset Making for Fashion and Costume - at Nottingham Trent University

Corset Making for Fashion and Costume - at Nottingham Trent University

In-person course

Nottinghamshire

This practical course is for anyone who has a personal or professional interest in fashion, vintage dressmaking or costume who would like to develop the knowledge and skills needed to produce their own made-to-measure corsets. The course will begin with a number of structured technical classes. As it progresses, you'll be able to work on a more personal project, reflecting your style and interests. On this course, you will: - learn how to construct and fit a corset - put in a centre front busk - add eyelet fastening to...

An introduction to improv quilting with Nicholas Ball

An introduction to improv quilting with Nicholas Ball

In-person course

Nicholas Ball is a fabric addict from Cardiff, South Wales. After graduating Art School in 2006, it would be some six years before the quilting bug bit. With a passion for improv quilting, Nicholas' aesthetic is an organic one, preferring to sew without the use of patterns or templates. He takes a lot of inspiration from natural world and his Vegetable Patch quilts showcase his love for liberated sewing. He has taught improv quilting both nationally and internationally, contributed to the UK leading quilting magazines and was a co-presenter of...

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