Sew your own Fit and Flare Dress Gift Voucher
£95.00
Date & Time:
Product Code: DfitnflareGift
Sessions: 1
Tutor: Alison Leese
Places available: 4
Skill level: Advanced Beginner
Venue: See venue page
Purchase this workshop as a gift with the date left open for the recipient to choose. You will receive an automated order confirmation and a separate email with a bespoke Workshop Gift Voucher to gift to your recipient showing details of the workshop and explaining how to contact us to book their place when they are ready to attend.
If you would like a place booked for your recipient on a specific date from our schedule, just drop us an email with the date.
Don't know which workshop to gift? Allow your recipient to choose by purchasing one of our Gift Vouchers for any value.
The cutest dress on the block. Our Fit & Flare dress could be sewn up in retro cotton as a sweet and wearable day dress, or made from something special to become a fiercely flirty occasion dress. A style designed to flatter whilst giving a little more movement than a wiggle dress and you can decide how long or short you make the length of the skirt.
In your own choice of fabric (see 'Additional Information'), choose to make either a sleeveless shift-style dress or one with a flattering mid-length sleeve and make the ultimate dress to flatter your figure.
You’ll learn how to use a pattern block, sew darts, insert sleeves or add a sleeve facing, add a neck facing, put in an invisible zip, gather and attach the skirt and finish hems perfectly. What’s more you’ll get a truly professional finish while learning to use one of our Janome overlockers.
INTRODUCTION TO BODICE FITTING is the ideal (but not necessary) workshop to attend prior to this workshop. If you aren’t a standard size i.e. size 14 on the top and the bottom (and who is, let’s face it?), you can draft a bodice to your own measurements then bring it along to use.
As this is not a beginner’s workshop, you must already have some experience on a sewing machine or have attended one of our Beginner sewing workshops.
You will need to bring the following to the workshop, if you want, you can buy on the day from Bamber Sewing Machines and get 10% discount.
2.5m of 150cm wide fabric or 3m of 115cm wide fabric.
If you are not a standard size and are attending without taking the INTRODUCTION TO BODICE FITTING workshop first, then please consider purchasing a fabric with a small amount of stretch to it (e.g. cotton with elastane), to give you movement.
A 56cm (22") concealed/invisible zip (be careful not to pick up a standard zip).
20cm of fusible interfacing (this can be bought from Bamber Sewing Machines on the day).
Matching thread.
Contact us before the course if your bust circumference measures outside the range 80cm - 102cm so we can ensure there is a pattern block made in your size and so we can advise how much fabric to bring.
This workshop is part of a Sew Social day, there may be a short wait
if the tutor needs to demonstrate a technique required for a different
garment. It
is, however, a great opportunity to pick up additional skills and
chat about what others are doing.
Our sponsors, Janome, supply computerised sewing machines (230DC)
and where required overlockers (6234XL). Unfortunately, it is not
possible to bring
in your own machines.
Workshop Vouchers are valid for 12 months from date of purchase.
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