6 week Beginners course.
Start from the beginning and finish with a skirt and lots of new skills!
Week 1
Introduction to a Sewing machine
Different stitches and their uses
Sewing straight lines
Sewing round corners
Different types of fabric and needles
Week 2
Make a tote bag
Measuring and cutting fabric
Identifying the grain of fabric and other useful sewing terms
Applique a motif
Hemming and finishing off
** bring fabric of your choice and matching thread **
Week 3
Make a zipped pouch
Practice putting in a zip
Top stitching
Also learn different techniques – darts, gathers, French seams, stay stitch, under stitching, clipping and notching and button holes
** bring fabric of your choice, a zip and matching thread **
Week 4
Accomplish all the essential processes that you need to know in order to start making your own clothes
Complete / refresh anything from previous lesson
Reading commercial patterns – fabric requirements including suitable fabrics
Body measurements vs pattern measurements
Seam allowances
How to transfer a pattern so it can be used again in a multiple of sizes
*** bring fabric of your choice and matching thread. Pattern New Look 6843, a 7" zip and a button ***
Week 5
Using all the skills acquired make an A-line skirt
Tracing a pattern and cutting out of fabric
Start sewing the skirt
Week 6
Sew together skirt!
Don't forget once you have mastered the skills and made a skirt you can make many more!
Oh and then come back and build on your skills and learn how to make something else.
We usually stop for a cuppa' so please bring a mug
Also check out other Workshops in Wareham.
