Slow Fashion Sewing 2025 FINALE Series : ADULT Beginners

Do you struggle to find clothes that truly fit your body, last the way you’d like, or come in the fabrics you love?
At The ReDress Hub, we’re here to help you take a step toward circular fashion—keeping clothes in use for longer, reducing reliance on fast fashion, and cutting down on textile waste.

When clothes fit well, are made to last, and feel great to wear, they become treasured items you’ll keep for years—not just weeks. That’s why we’ve created this four-part workshop series, designed especially for adult beginners, to give you the skills to start making your own handmade, slow-fashion garments.

Guided by the passionate Kirsty Máté, you’ll learn everything from choosing fabrics and reading patterns to constructing and finishing a garment you’ll be proud to wear by the end of the course.

What you’ll learn over 4 weeks:

• Week 1: Patterns & Fabric – How to read dressmaking patterns, choose fabrics, lay out, pin, mark, and cut.
• Week 2: Construction Fundamentals – Seams, stay stitching, facings, and/or under-stitching.
• Week 3: Garment Construction – Inserting sleeves and/or adding pockets.
• Week 4: Finishing Touches – Hemming and/or creating casings.

Bring your curiosity and creativity!

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This workshop is suitable for all beginners, 18 years and over, who know how to use a sewing machine. (If you are younger than 18 our Slow Fashion Series for young beginners is offered regularly)

We recommend completing our free workshop if you haven't used a machine before, and practice using the machine before attending this course.

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We have selected patterns suitable for beginners for you to start learning the skills of sewing your own garments.

You can choose between making a stylish and practical long/short-sleeved T-shirt/ jumper a sweet summery dress, elastic-waisted skirt or blouse (scroll down to see pictures).

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Choose the first date of the Series and book selecting the Series Workshop ticket.

Installment payments

We also offer you the flexibility of a payment installment package so you don't have to pay the full amount upfront. If this suits you, please reserve your place by selecting the Installment Plan Reserve Ticket and to make future installment payments select the appropriate payments in the Add-ons section.

Full payment must be made before the start of the series.

Companion ticket

If you require a carer or support while attending your workshop, we have a special Companion Ticket for those with a Companion card. Please enter the code ReDressCompanion (all one word) to reveal this special ticket when booking your tickets.

ReGift Program

Through a Community Grant with the City of Launceston, we are pleased to be able to offer subsidised spaces to this workshop series for people on full-time pensions, unemployment benefits, hold a health care card or similar.

Interested? Please contact us directly (see below) and we'll explain how you can also be a part of this program.

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We’ll supply all materials, patterns, and equipment (including sewing machines)—you just need to bring:

• Fabric (we’ll email details once we have your measurements)
• Matching thread – choose good quality (e.g. Guttermann)

Optional but helpful:

• Dressmaker’s scissors (to finish cutting at home after Week 1)
• Dressmaking pins

An upcycled notebook will be provided for note taking.

• We recommend starting with inexpensive, upcycled, or remnant fabric (doona covers work brilliantly for woven fabrics!).
• The ReDress Hub has a wide range of affordable remnant fabrics ($3.50–$8/m), with an extra 50% discount for participants.

Fabric requirement examples (approx.):

• T-shirt: 2.3m of 115cm wide, or 1.4m of 140cm wide knitted fabric (more for sizes 18+).
• Dress: 2.4–3m of 115cm wide, or 1.9–2.2m of 150cm wide woven fabric (add 1m for long sleeves/length).

You’ll need basic sewing machine skills. If you’re new, attend one of our free workshops before starting.

We provide machines, but you’re welcome to bring your own—just let us know in advance.

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We're excited to be able to run our workshops face-to-face in our NEW beautifully designed space, especially for holding our workshops.

The ReDress Hub is located at:

Shop 6 & 7, Quadrant Plaza, 94 York St, Launceston, Tasmania.

You can find us just behind Toyworld :)

Super handy access to parking in the Care CarPark next door, as well as disabled parking directly across from us, with great cafes close by to fuel you up for all your workshop needs.

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If you have been or could have been exposed to COVID19 through travel or a close contact, please consider your attendance and or wearing a mask at the event.

If you have any symptoms and don't feel well please don't attend your workshop and get in touch with us for more details.

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For further information about The ReDress Hub please check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ReDressHub

Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions, our best contact is [email protected] or reach out via our social media.

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We hope to see you at The ReDress Hub soon!

This is the other pattern you can choose to make - with several different versions. Below is the pleated version with ruffled sleeves worn and made by Kirsty from a former doona cover that cost $6 from City Mission.

A T-shirt style to choose from - this can be worn fitted or loosely.

Style Arc pattern - Montana

Image from the Style Arc website - https://www.stylearc.com/shop/bundles/sewing-pattern-outfits/montana-midi-dress-and-montana-dress-extension-pack-and-montana-bag-bundle-multi-size/

Kirsty Máté is a professional designer, educator and artist with a passion for sustainability and design as well as for clothing.

With over 30 years of experience in sustainable design, you could say she is a pioneer. Her career in design has crossed many disciplines including architecture, interior design, textiles design, exhibition design, and performance art; has taken her around the world and into a successful career in academia as well as industry. She is widely published and has exhibited her work in both design and art.

As the founder and business owner of The ReDress Hub, Kirsty is also passionate about creating more sustainable forms of clothing and fashion.

She is excited to be able to teach this beginner workshop on how to create new clothes and how these skills can advance us towards a slow and circular approach to clothing.

Info: This first week will introduce you to a standard dressmaking pattern, how to read a dressmaking pattern and choose fabrics, laying out a pattern on fabric, pinning, marking and cutting out. Please note: We will not be using sewing machines in this first week.

Info: This week with your garment now cut out we will start to construct it. You'll learn about the fundamentals of garment construction such as seams, stay stitching, facing and under-stitching

Info: Continuing on with the construction of your garment we'll be looking at the construction an insertion of things like sleeves and pockets.

Info: In our last week we'll be addressing the finishing touches of your garment such as hemming and/or casing.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The ReDress Hub, Shop 6 & 7, Launceston, Australia