Location: Challock, Kent
Contact: Jayne Walpole

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Like to be individual? Budding to design and make creative clothes? Wish to learn or improve your sewing skills? Just got a new sewing machine?

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Learn to make beautiful original clothes and home furnishings, from complete beginners to experienced dressmakers; there are a range of Dressmaking and Pattern Cutting courses and workshops available in the day and evening.

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There are also workshops and after school classes for budding young designers,  juniors and teenagers, from 8 years upwards.

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Come and join a class and learn, with like-minded people and get creative.  Classes include group demonstrations as well as individual guidance and support. There are a maximum of six students per class, so everyone gets lots of attention.

The classes will be led by Jayne Walpole.  Jayne has a degree in Fashion and teaching qualifications and worked as a fashion lecturer and designer in industry, so has a wealth of experience and professional knowledge to share.

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Open Days –  Please see the website for the next dates and visit the studio to find out more.

Just some of the courses available…  See the website for more details.

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• Learn to sew one day workshops – Learn to sew the basics, learn to love your overlocker, Christmas stocking & bunting, advanced boned bodice, creative appliqué cushion cover – just to name a few.

• Learn to sew – The basics

• Beginners sewing course – The Skirt/Trousers/Dress

• Improvers dressmaking & pattern cutting

• Introduction to Pattern Cutting – The Skirt/Bodice/Trousers

• Junior designers fashion school 8-11 years

• Young designers fashion school 11-16 years

• One to one tuition

• Gift Vouchers available

Call or email Jayne on 07584 341160 or email jayne@stitchstudio.co.uk

Website: www.stitchstudio.co.uk

Location: Kent 
Contact: Rosemary Smith

 

The Fitting Room offers a range of workshops from fitting your garment to making your own. Classes are small and friendly from the absolute beginner to the more experienced sewer.

 

Workshops and short courses include:

• Learn to use a sewing machine

• Learn to use an overlocker

• Fitting garments

• Altering garments

• Making a garment from a commercial pattern

• How finish a garment to a professional standard

 

Website: www.thefittingroomkent.co.uk

Location: South East England

Contact: Hazel Credland

 

Hazel is a qualified teacher and City & Guilds tutor with wide experience in machine embroidery techniques and creative computing for decorative textile designs. Her courses cater for the novice to stretching the talents of more experienced students.

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Courses Offered:

• Getting to know your sewing machine

• Learning about free machine embroidery

• Developing machine embroidery with mixed media

• Using computerised sewing machine software – the basics to developing your own ideas

 

Telephone: 01892 669030
Email: hazel@galleybirds.demon.co.uk