Name: Introduction to Sewing - Monday Evening (BYO sewing machine)
Start: 2025-09-29T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-11-10T21:00:00+01:00
Location: West Suffolk College In Sudbury

Introduction to Sewing - Monday Evening (BYO sewing machine)

This course will teach you everything you need to know - from the basics of stitch and thread, through to creating completed garments.
About this Event

29/09/25 - 10/11/25 Monday Evenings from 6-9pm (NO CLASS ON THE 6TH OCTOBER)

Please note this is a new course for beginners or those who wish to refresh their sewing and dressmaking skills. Please bring your own sewing machine.

Our tutor is an experienced seamstress who qualified at RADA and has worked at a variety of international venues including London's West End. She has worked in theatre for mainstream productions like Les Miserable and acted as Wardrobe Supervisor for orchestras and choirs. Her experience includes tailoring, corsetry, millinery and pattern making. She owes her passion for sewing to her mum and Nana 'who taught me to sew as soon as I could be trusted not to break the sewing machine!'

This is a beginners course and suitable for those who have little or no experience of machine sewing. During this 6 week (18 hour) course, our experienced tutor will guide and support you through the basics of:

• Using your own sewing machine and the various functions; fabric and thread choices; needles and bobbins; tension and stitch size and different types of foot and when to use them

• Working with a basic pattern to make a garment including: choosing the right fabric, pinning the pattern to cut, making notches for pattern matching

• Basic techniques such as type of seam, hemming, straight line sewing and troubleshooting

• Other techniques such as inserting darts, zips or gathering may also be covered

The group will all use the same pattern ‘Simplicity 4552’ which offers a range of garment choices, which you will need to purchase, however fabric options will be discussed in the first lesson, so it is not advisable to purchase your fabric until this lesson has taken place.

NUMBER OF PLACES LIMITED TO 6 so early booking is recommended

You will need to purchase materials which can be sourced from specialist stockists such as Lingards in Sudbury, or other outlets such as online stores, which means you can buy according to your budget.

It would be advisable to purchase or borrow a sewing machine which does not have to be new or have advanced functions.

If any of the courses you wish to attend are full or you cannot make the date, please let us know so that we can register your interest and let you know of future opportunities or add your name to a reserve list.

You can contact the team on [email protected] or telephone 01787 880619.

Please note there is limited parking at the centre, in the event that the carpark is full, there is parking a short walk away at either The Kingfisher Leisure Centre or the Railway Station.

Please note we run all our courses based on a minimum number of participants. If you are no longer able to attend the class please contact the team at your earliest convenience. Cancellations received within 48 hours of the class start time are non-refundable.

PLEASE NOTE: When buying more than one ticket for you or someone else, you must put in the correct individual information of all who are attending. Information can not be completely the same all tickets purchased.