269 Sewing courses

Improving with stretch fabric - next steps with your overlocker / serger. Spend 3 hours playing with your overlocker to develop your knowledge and get to grips with Seaming, Flatlocking, Blind Hems, Pintucks, Lettuce edging, Rolled Hems and Complex fabric handling e.g. velvet/chiffon/spandex

Sewing with Stretch Fabric, a beginner class with Lindsey. Join us for a fun afternoon making a vest top using a sewing machine. Pattern included.

Join our Beginners Dressmaking Class and sew a stylish skirt from scratch! Learn pattern reading, tracing, waistband construction, adding pockets, and seam finishing with an overlocker. Perfect for beginners! £100. Sign up now!

Fashion! Skills! Knowledge! Trips! Talks! Students will be given a comprehensive view of the fashion industry through exclusive trips, tours, talks from industry experts and masterclasses. Why not book an optional afternoon tea at The Ivy to make this an even more memorable experience? Through a combination of years of experience and listening to our student’s feedback, we've extended our course to include more highlights and opportunities for our 12-18-year-old students to get to know their fashion family. In addition, there's a larger focus on experimental design and pattern cutting whilst building their fabric knowledge. This programme is non-residential. This course is inclusive of male and gender-neutral designs. You will learn how to: • Assume the role of the designer and develop your own ideas into a design • Complete a fashion brief written by a design house. • Work with Ex LFW designer fabrics • Create mood boards and learn why designers use them • Pattern cut, sew and construct your own garment • Take your first steps into the fashion industry You’ll attend: • Talks from guest speakers within the industry • Industry professionals and careers talk • Tour around Jimmy Choo Academy including portfolio talk and insight into their programme • Sustainable fashion factory visit • Trips to museums/galleries Whilst learning valuable skills such as: • Communication • Fashion design • Fabric knowledge • Embellishment • Accuracy • Machine and hand sewing You will leave with: • Design development sheets • Your own mood boards • An outfit designed and made by yourself • A digital certificate of completion Level: Beginner Friendly INSTRUCTIONS • Students must arrive with packed lunches, snacks and a re-usable bottle of water each. • All materials and sewing equipment are provided for this workshop.

Learn the basics of using a sewing machine in this six week course

A short workshop to get to know your sewing machine and gain confidence in stitching seams and topstitching. Problem solving and threading up also covered.

In a small way we can change the world! Come and spend sometime creating morsbags with friendly like minded sewists.

Join us for a weekly coffee and craft session at Stitching Kitchen. It is an informal drop in session running every Tuesday from 6 til 7:30.

Beginners 7 Week Quilting Course

LEARN HOW TO SEW LEATHER WITH A SEWING MACHINE: WHAT IS THIS COURSE ABOUT? THIS IS A PRACTICAL INTRODUCTORY ONE TO FOUR TUITION DURING WHICH YOU WILL BE TAUGHT THE ESSENTIAL SKILLS OF SEWING LEATHER AND SOME OF THE BASIC CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES USED IN BAG AND ACCESSORY MAKING. AT THE END OF THE TUITION YOU WILL HAVE GAINED CONFIDENCE IN SEWING LEATHER WITH INDUSTRIAL SEWING MACHINES AND HAVE THE SKILLS TO REALISE SOME SIMPLE ITEMS INDEPENDENTLY. YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO TROUBLESHOOT COMMON SEWING PROBLEMS AND HOW TO MANAGE CHALLENGES SUCH AS STRAIGHT LINES, CURVES AND MULTIPLE LAYERS OF LEATHER. THROUGH THE LESSON YOU WILL ALSO RECEIVE SOME BASIC TRAINING ON HOW TO MARK, CUT AND GLUE LEATHER.  YOU WILL PRODUCE YOUR OWN SAMPLES OF WORK TO TAKE HOME WITH YOU. AS THIS IS A SMALL GROUP TUITION, THE EXPERIENCE WILL BE CUSTOMISED TO YOUR ABILITY.   WHAT WILL BE TAUGHT? BELOW IS A LIST OF TOPICS COVERED DURING THE CLASSES: – INDUSTRIAL MACHINES: DIFFERENCES AND MAIN FEATURES – TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT SEWING MACHINE FOR A SPECIFIC TYPE OF MATERIAL OR CONSTRUCTION – TO OPERATE A LOCK STITCH WALKING FOOT MACHINE – TO THREAD INDUSTRIAL SEWING MACHINES – TO UNDERSTAND THREAD TYPES AND NEEDLE SIZES – TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO OBTAIN THE CORRECT TENSION IN YOUR SEWING – TO LEARN HOW TO CORRECTLY SEW LEATHER WITH A SEWING MACHINE AND HOW THIS DIFFERS FROM SEWING OTHER MATERIALS – TO LEARN HOW TO SEW STRAIGHT LINES, CURVES AND PARALLEL LINES – TO PRODUCE A RANGE OF BASIC SEAMS AND SEAM FINISHES   IMPORTANT TO KNOW: WE WILL ALWAYS TRY TO COVER AS MUCH ON THE SYLLABUS AS POSSIBLE AND DEPENDING ON YOUR ABILITY AND PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM OR WE MIGHT INSTEAD BE ABLE TO TEACH YOU ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES RELATING TO THE ABOVE LISTED TOPICS. INCLUDED IN THE COURSE: ON THE DAY YOU WILL BE PROVIDED WITH USEFUL HANDOUTS TO TAKE HOME WITH YOU WHICH CONTAIN: – AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE PROVIDING CRUCIAL INFORMATION OF SEWING MACHINE TYPES AND COMPONENTS – A GLOSSARY CONTAINING ESSENTIAL KEY WORDS RELATED TO THE TOPICS OF THE LESSON – A GLOSSARY CONTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT NEEDLE AND THREAD TYPES WHAT ARE THE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS? THIS COURSE IS SUITABLE FOR TOTAL BEGINNERS AND BEGINNERS WITH SOME VERY BASIC EXPERIENCE IN MACHINE SEWING (EITHER WITH INDUSTRIAL OR DOMESTIC MACHINES). YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE MEASUREMENTS AND UNDERSTAND VERBAL AND WRITTEN ENGLISH INSTRUCTIONS.   ARE THERE ANY OTHER COSTS? IS THERE ANYTHING I NEED TO BRING? MATERIALS ARE INCLUDED. FEEL FREE TO BRING A NOTEPAD, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SOME NOTES, WE WILL PROVIDE THE REST.