Classes - What to Bring (Requirements List) - Start Dressmaking part 1 (4 week course)

Beginners Dressmaking part 1 - Making a Skirt

Please bring the following each week:

Pen, pencil and notebook (there are lots of handouts emailed to you after each lesson but you may wish to write some notes as we go through the class.
Fabric scissors for cutting out
Paper scissors
Small pair of scissors with sharp points
Tape measure
Length of string or ribbon long enough to go around your waist
Sewing Machine, Foot pedal and Power Lead (see our info on trasnporting your machine to class)
The Instruction Book
Bobbins (must be the correct bobbins for your machine) plus spare bobbins
All the feet and accessories that came with the machine including the zipper foot and an overcast foot if you have one
Universal Sewing Machine needles
Unpicker
Hand sewing needles
50cm calico (plain undyed fabric)
Thread

After week 1 please also bring the following:

Pattern, Fabric and Notions
Scraps left over from cutting out to use to make samples
Machine sewing thread to match
Marking tools that work with your fabric
Small ruler
Pressing Cloth and Interfacing Cloth

We will advise in the first class what to bring so you don't need to buy these in advance.

If you already have some fabric that you think you would like to use to make a skirt, please do bring it along in the 1st week and we can check it's suitability.

All Machine Sewing Classes

We do not provide sewing machines for classes as we believe that you will learn more from using your own machine. If your machine is too heavy to lift; let us know before the class and we can make exception by prior arrangement.

We can help you to get your sewing machine from your car to the workshop space upstairs if you pull up outside the shop on the double yellow lines to drop it off. Then you can go and park in the car park behind (in the evenings, parking is free and you can park outside the shop free of charge so it's worth checking to see if there are any spaces here first).