Sewing & dressmaking

Sewing has never been easier with our range of courses helping your become a real Sewing machine queen!

We offer everything from Conquer your sewing machine, which will teach you the ins and outs of a machine to Clothing Alterations which offers lots of money saving techniques to alter your own clothes.

Our Beginners sewing courses make sure you get to grips with the machine, as well as undertand simple patterns and learn a range of techniques. You'll leave with the confidence to transfer your skills to other courses and projects.

Our courses for Developing Sewing Skills are designed to build your portfolio of sewing skills to give you the confidence to tackle any sewing project. Book on more than one course to take advantage of our multiple booking discounts.

For those of you who are already confident with threading up a machine, filling a bobbin and sewing a straight line, we have home furnishing and dressmaking courses where you will leave with a totally unique sewing project under your belt.

And for those of you who are more creative, why not try your hand at Beginners free machine embroidery or conquer your patchwork demons on our Beginners patchwork: Contemporary cushion course.

Don't forget - if there's a course you want to book on but is sold out you can add yourself to the waiting list at the bottom of the course description and we'll let you know when the new dates are on sale!

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Clothing alterations

Starting on Saturday, 4 February 2012 at Fred Aldous on the date(s) Saturday 4 February 2012

Fed up of paying someone else to take up your clothes? Now you can learn how to sew your own alterations and save money at the same time. Learn how take up and re-hem everything ...

2 places remaining

Beginners sewing: Simple tote bag

Starting on Saturday, 4 February 2012 at Fred Aldous on the date(s) Saturday 4 February 2012

Short on time but love the idea of using a sewing machine? Our simple tote bag course may be the answer. Take just a few hours out and learn how to thread up a machine, fill a bob ...

2 places remaining

Beginners free machine embroidery and appliqué

Starting on Saturday, 11 February 2012 at Fred Aldous on the date(s) Saturday 11 February 2012

What an earth is free machine embroidery you ask? Well it’s time for the Ministry of Craft to get creative rather than functional with a sewing machine. We’ll teach you ...

3 places remaining

A-line skirt in a day

Starting on Saturday, 11 February 2012 at Fred Aldous on the date(s) Saturday 11 February 2012

Many things can be achieved in a day but making a skirt…? Yes, that’s right - if you’re raring to take your first steps into dressmaking, join us in making an ...

4 places remaining

Clothing alterations

Starting on Saturday, 18 February 2012 at Fred Aldous on the date(s) Saturday 18 February 2012

Fed up of paying someone else to take up your clothes? Now you can learn how to sew your own alterations and save money at the same time. Learn how take up and re-hem everything ...

4 places remaining

Creature comforts: Sew a sockee

Starting on Saturday, 18 February 2012 at Fred Aldous on the date(s) Saturday 18 February 2012

Got a sense of humour? Want to learn to sew? Create something with a real difference and sew your creative personality into a truly unique SOCKEE! Spend a fun and relaxing morni ...

7 places remaining

Piping, bias binding and gathering

Starting on Saturday, 25 February 2012 at Fred Aldous on the date(s) Saturday 25 February 2012

Make your sewing stand out from the crowd by adding that special something! We’ve got a host of decorative techniques as part of this practical sewing skills course. Learn ...

2 places remaining

Beginners sewing: Zip and buttonhole cushions

Starting on Saturday, 3 March 2012 at Fred Aldous on the date(s) Saturday 03 March 2012

If you want to give your sofa a new lease of life learn how to make two simple matching (or contrasting!) cushions to brighten up your home. You really don’t need to be an ...

5 places remaining

Conquer your sewing machine

Starting on Saturday, 10 March 2012 at Fred Aldous on the date(s) Saturday 10 March 2012

Has your sewing machine got the better of you? Or do you want to take up sewing? Whether you have no idea where to start or need a helping hand with sewing techniques or machine fu ...

4 places remaining

Clothing alterations

Starting on Saturday, 10 March 2012 at Fred Aldous on the date(s) Saturday 10 March 2012

Fed up of paying someone else to take up your clothes? Now you can learn how to sew your own alterations and save money at the same time. Learn how take up and re-hem everything ...

4 places remaining

Beginners sewing: Vintage style apron

Starting on Saturday, 24 March 2012 at Fred Aldous on the date(s) Saturday 24 March 2012

If you want to show off in the kitchen, but don’t want to rely on your cooking skills then sewing this vintage inspired apron is the perfect solution! During this beginner c ...

7 places remaining

Conquer your sewing machine

Starting on Sunday, 25 March 2012 at Fred Aldous on the date(s) Sunday 25 March 2012

Has your sewing machine got the better of you? Or do you want to take up sewing? Whether you have no idea where to start or need a helping hand with sewing techniques or machine fu ...

8 places remaining

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