Dress In A Day

Our popular Introduction to Dressmaking course is the best starting block to begin making your own clothes, teaching students until they are equipped with the skills and confidence to progress to more advanced dressmaking and feel they can work through sewing patterns without assistance.

Join us for a one day workshop devoted to becoming creative and experimental with freehand machine embroidery, even if you are wary of the outcome! If you are confident with a machine you can increase your range of abilities by learning new techniques.

Wet felting creates a background of wool. Dry Felting is the craft of using barbed needles to matt wool into pictures and creative shapes. Embellishing with stitch, making felted vessels and beads can all be covered in this whole day of colour and creation.

This class is for absolute beginners to dressmaking and sewing. You will discover how to use the sewing machine, make seams and understand pattern instructions. If you have a machine of your own please feel free to bring it with you to learn on.

In this 3 hour workshop you will be taught how to set up a sewing machine ready for free-machine embroidery, have a go at doodling with the machine and then design and make your own framed textile picture to take home.  Cost includes all tuition, materials & equipment & tea/coffee.