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Come and experience Sewing

Hello and welcome to the Sewing Courses

I am a qualified teacher with 26 years of experience within the classroom setting, I am also an experienced dressmaker, curtain maker and soft furnisher.
I started to design and make clothes for my dolls when I was about 8! By the time I was 15, I was designing and making clothes for myself and friends, at 17, I made a wedding dress for a friend!
Whilst at school, I studied A level fashion and textiles (sewing), which I thoroughly enjoyed. For a few months, we did not have a sewing teacher, so I was released from lessons to teach the practical sewing lessons to the O level and CSE pupils – I absolutely loved it!
During my 20s, in addition to my nannying jobs, I had a roaring trade in smocked dresses for babies and children, and pencil skirts with matching jackets for women! I started making more wedding dresses, bridesmaid, and page boy outfits, followed by christening robes. I began expanding my business into curtains, blinds, and soft furnishings.
In 2018, I completed the National Design Academy Diploma in Professional Curtains and blind making.
I am now in the position of being able to combine my two loves – sewing and teaching – in these adult sewing lessons.
Please read the course contents below and see what you would like to do. The grid at the bottom details current courses, venues and dates.
Any questions? Just message me on the ‘get in Touch’ tab at the top of this page.
Anything you would like to learn? Please just ask if it is in the pipeline.
There will be one off workshops during the year, so keep your eyes open for information on this page.
Thank you. I look forward to hearing from you.

Beginning to sew

£150
8 weeks

Course Content

  • How to thread your machine – including the different threads you can use.
  • What the different dials, levers and buttons do – which ones we really need to worry about!
  • Basic stitches, techniques, and finishes
  • Making: reusable cloth, hemmed napkin, tote bag, zipped pouch (pencil case), luggage tag, face mask, Christmas stocking (bias bound edge), cushion cover (pillowcase style)– piped edge (I reserve the right to change projects before a course begins.)

Dressmaking 1

£180
10 weeks

Course Content

  • Types of fabric
  • Basic Stitches
  • Introduction to buying commercial patterns
  • Cutting out and marking up pattern pieces
  • Sewing darts
  • Zips
  • Seams and neatening
  • Gathering and joining fabric
  • Elastic casing
  • Peter pan collar
  • Facings around neckline
  • Patch pockets
  • Machined buttonholes and handsewn buttons

Dressmaking 2

£180
10 weeks

Course Content

  • In seam pocket (hidden)
  • Applying a waistband to a straight skirt and gathered skirt
  • Yokes with a not gathered and gathered bodice
  • Under-stitching
  • Cuffs on a not gathered and gathered
  • Inserting a sleeve not gathered and gathered
  • (Invisible zip) - if there is time at the end of the course.

Blind Making

£90
5 weeks

Course content

  • Measuring the window
  • Calculating the fabric
  • Cutting out the fabric
  • Constructing the blind
  • Hanging the blind
  • Dressing the blind

Curtain Making

£180
10 weeks

Course content

  • Measuring the window
  • Calculating the fabric
  • Cutting out the fabric
  • Pattern matching
  • Constructing the curtain
  • Hanging the curtain
  • Dressing the curtain

Each Lesson

The sewing lessons are 2 hours long.

What do I need for each lesson?

You will need to bring your sewing machine and any fabrics and haberdashery specified for each session. (a list will be sent out before the beginning of the course)

Any questions?

Please get in touch through the ‘Get in Touch’ button at the top to ask any questions about the courses I run. 

Is there something that you would like to learn to make but I have not included it or would you like bespoke private lessons? Please message me through the ‘Get in Touch’ button on the top.

Please look at the courses offered get in touch and let me know what course you are interested in completing.

This is a list of sewing lesson dates and locations:

There are currently no courses. However, if you’d like to learn to sew or improve your skills, please get it touch with me to register an interest. I can run a course when I have enough participates to make it viable.

Booking is essential.
Payment before the course begins is required to confirm your place. You will be invoiced for sessions once you book a place. See terms and conditions for information about course refunds. I can provide this information upon request and it will be sent to you when you book a place on one of the courses.
Payment is non-refundable for any sessions that you cannot attend. By signing up for lessons you are agreeing to attend each one.
Places on the courses are strictly on a first-come basis.