Come and join our lovely weekday sewing workshops, on various dates throughout the year, usually wednesdays and Thursdays.
these workshops are designed for students with some garment making experience, who have already learnt sewing machine basics and have made one or two garments.
students work on their own individual making project, receiving professional tuition in fitting, construction and finishing.
The Wednesday Workshops have been running since November 2022. Thursday Sewing days started in september 2023. . .
10am - 3pm Art House, South Brent, devon
Parking available in the Community Centre Car Park.
The format of a five hour workshop has proved a successful way of providing each student with good amounts of individual tuition during the workshop day. this makes for a productive time, good progress with your making projects and plenty of inspiration and knowledge to provide you with homework!. . .
enjoy teas, coffees and biscuit breaks during the day and Bring a packed lunch.
The workroom is light and spacious. It provides a hip height work counter, long enough for 3 people to be cutting out or making patterns at the same time, as well as enough sewing tables to provide five fully EQUIPPED good sized sewing stations.
you will find this a friendly social learning space. It’s a place to challenge your skills and learn new techniques.
learn about the cloth you are working with, how to match it to a suitable making project and the style of clothes you would like to make and wear.
Machines and equipment are provided. . .
You are welcome to bring along your own sewing machine if you would like to get to know it better. There are three high quality machines available for those who don’t have a machine of their own. There’s also a high quality overlocker with automatic threading and tensioning. An overlocker is for professional seam and hem finishing or for making a garment from a stretch jersey knit. students are also shown how to professionally finish raw seam edges without an overlocker.
maximum of Five places per day
• tuition cost is £55 for each sewing day •
work at your own pace to develop your skills
whatever your level of experience you’ll receive all the help you need.
design & fitting guidance is given at each stage of your making project
Current students are prioritised for booking onto new workshops dates.
this programme of learning is led by Jane norris an experienced designer, pattern maker and educator.
start sewing your own wardrobe of clothes in 2025!
. . .Book now for spring and summer sewing days. . .
. . .new dates for april,may,June,july and august. . .
may 1st,8th,15th,22nd
June 3rd,6th
july 17th,24th,31st
august 7th,14th
email if you are interested in booking one or more of the above dates for individual project making spring/summer sewing days.
one & two day sewing Projec masterclasses for beginners
New for 2025 is an exciting ‘Design & Make’ teaching innovation in beginner level courses. These are usually on Saturdays. Designed for students wanting to learn garment construction and be part of a group, learning the same making project all together. These courses are designed for beginners who have some experience of sewing machine basics – even if it was from school, many years ago, and who would like to refresh their skills and become confident at making, learning more about garment design, fitting, choosing the right cloth for a project and ending up with a beautifully made garment.
Although these are beginner workshops you will also learn (beginner basics level) how the process of ‘Design & Make’ work together and how you can alter basic preferences for length of garment / sleeves and width at hems using basic easy pattern adjustment techniques.
LEARN HOW TO MAKE CLOTHES FROM BASIC PRINCIPLES.
there are 4 different wardrobe basic projects to make at the beginner level.
wednesday 14th & 21st May – easy make everyday full skirt £130
Saturday 14th & 21st June –all purpose rib-neck top/dress £125
saturday 28th June – musette bag £65
5th & 12t July – Easy make Palazzo pants £130
email if you are interested in booking onto any of the above dates for Beginners starter project workshops on saturdays.
more details of each of the courses are posted below as they become available.
new! wednesday evening classes
begin at the beginning. . .sewing basics
Making project – all purpose rib-neck top / dress
Five week course
april 2nd,9th,16th,23nd,30th
email if you are interested in booking onto this evening class course to learn clothes making from the very beginning.
