LEARN TO SEW: 3 week course [October 2025]

Afraid of sewing machines, or dangerous at the wheel? Come and learn to sew with us! This three week course covers all the basics of sewing, giving you a solid foundation from which you can grow – whatever direction you’d like to take your sewing career.

WEEK 1: Pass Your Sewing Machine Driving Test! Our 2.5-hour crash course covers all the basics of using your sewing machine. Come away with a load more confidence, plus a certificate and an appliqued ‘L’ plate.

WEEK 2: Cushion Cover. Learn to work from a pattern to sew up your first ever sewing project – a cushion cover with button fastening.

WEEK 3: Box-shaped pencil case. Building on the skills you learned in week 2, this week we’ll tackle zips, and make this beautiful and functional lined pencil case (or whatever-you-like case).

Level: Beginner

Instructions
SKILLS: Threading a sewing machine, basic manoeuvres, learn how to hem, reverse, forward, turn corners, finishing off your work, stitch settings and tension control, using patterns, sewing buttonholes, sewing zips.

LEVEL: Beginner

BRING: Just yourself!

You may also like the following events from Stitched Up:

• This September, 3rd September, 06:30 pm, Rework it with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 [September 2025] ♻️ in Manchester
• This September, 21st September, 10:00 am, ZERO TO HERO: learn to sew in a day [September 2025] ♻️ in Manchester
• This October, 9th October, 06:30 pm, SCRAP BUSTERS // Knitting for beginners [October 2025] in Manchester

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