Develop Your Sewing Skills Course

£87.50

Ready to take your sewing to the next level, ever wondered what those feet in your sewing box were for? Then this 3-week course is for you, led by Alison Leese, expert seamstress and owner of Ministry of Craft. 

Create a stylish vintage apron made in your own choice of fabric (see ‘What to Bring’), jam packed with techniques designed to build your portfolio of sewing skills and give you the confidence to tackle any sewing project and sewing tool too.

  • Shape your apron with gathering at the front waist and darts at the back waist, invaluable skills used abundantly in dressmaking.
  • Jump on one of our overlockers to finish the exposed raw fabric edges to get a clean and professional appearance.
  • Add super useful pockets in the side seams so you know how to add to any dressmaking project or even existing garments!
  • Use a blind hem foot to create an invisible hem at the back opening, a fantastic time saving technique as an alternative to hand stitching.
  • Make piping and binding from your own fabric then insert the piping into the waistband seam using a piping foot and sew binding around the hem adding design detail and a professional clean finish.
  • Use the amazing walking foot designed to tackle tricky fabrics and bulky layers to attach the waistband to the apron and finish off using a buttonhole foot to make a one-step automatic buttonhole and a button foot to sew on a button.

Could we possibly fit any more skills and tools into one project in one day?

Leave knowing lots of new techniques and with a gorgeous apron!

To gift this workshop, select ‘Purchase as a Workshop Gift Voucher’ from the below menu and you will receive a PDF voucher by email for your recipient to attend on any available date.  Alternatively purchase a Gift Voucher for any value to use on any workshop and date.

If the date you require is sold out, contact us with the workshop name and date, so we can let you know if a place becomes available or when the new date goes on sale.

Our workshops are non-refundable and can only be changed to an alternative date with 14 days’ notice, so please make sure you’ve checked your diary carefully before booking. Please see our Refund and Cancellation Policy.

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Home Studio Chorlton

Based at a Home Studio in Chorlton with a small class size.

View Home Studio Chorlton venue information including directions and parking.

Advanced Beginner

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:

  • 50cm of fabric for the apron skirt and piping – If your waist size is 90cm or more choose a wider width fabric (approx. 150cm rather than the narrower width of 115cm). Please avoid bulky, stretchy or slippery fabrics; light to medium weight woven cotton is ideal.
  • 50cm contrasting fabric for the waistband, pocket bags and bias binding. Please avoid bulky, stretchy or slippery fabrics; light to medium weight woven cotton is ideal.
  • 1 button approximately 25mm (maximum 30mm) in diameter, a 2-hole or 4-hole button is needed rather than one with a shank at the back (these cannot be sewn on using the sewing machine).
  • Sewing thread to match the waistband and bias binding fabric.

Piping cord and all the equipment will be provided.

Tea and coffee will be available at the workshop and you are welcome to bring along your own refreshments.

Our sponsors, Janome, supply computerised sewing machines (5060 QDC) and where required overlockers (6234XL). Unfortunately, it is not possible to bring along your own machines.

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