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Grow Your Sew
Grow Your Sew are courses for those who have basic sewing skills, and are wanting to increase their confidence & extend their sewing repertoire and garment construction techniques. Select from a range of classes that will further develop your skills, or talk to me to design a course that meets your specific needs
To see & book our current scheduled classes please see the calendar on our Sewing Lessons page or visit our Facebook page and click on events.
To have any questions answered please email [email protected]
Draft & Sew a Wrap Skirt
Next Classes Begin:
Term 2, June 2021 - not yet on sale
Three x two hour lessons
$150
Pre-requisite: Confident using the sewing machine, with basic sewing experience
Learn how to draft a simple pattern for a wrap skirt, and then sew it up!
Choose between a straight skirt, or a circular style.
You will also learn:
- How to make continuous bias binding strips
- French seams
- How to apply bias binding
Sew a Dress - relaxed fit
Next Classes Begin:
Term 3, July 2021 - not yet on sale
Three x three hour lessons, or two day workshop
$180 per person
Pre-requisite: Completion of Sewing FUNdamentals, or prior basic sewing experience
Get ready for summer and sew a beautiful dress.
Choose the Wide Strap Maxi Dress pattern from Peppermint magazine, the Hinterland Dress from Sew Liberated, or a similar relaxed-fit dress pattern of your choice.
We will explore different ways you can adapt a pattern to change it's look, as well as basic fitting alterations.
While sewing the dress you will learn & practice the following dressmaking techniques to add to your sewing repertoire:
- Small/full bust adjustment
- Staystitching
- Darts
- In-seam pockets
- Top stitching
- seam finishes, including French seams
- Facings / bias facings
- Understitching
- Casings
- Gathering
- Button plackets, buttonholes and buttons
- Hemming
Shirtmaking
Next Classes Begin:
Term 3 July 2021 - not yet on sale
Four x three hour lessons or Two day workshop
$230
Pre-requisite: Confident using the sewing machine, with basic sewing experience
Learn and practice construction techniques for sewing a classic mans shirt, including:
- stay-stitching
- Front self facings and variations
- Patch pocket
- Double-pointed darts
- Yoke - Burrito method
- Top stitching
- Collar & Collar stand
- Adding collar stays
- Flat fell seams
- Placket opening
- Cuffs
- Buttonholes and attaching buttons
