Welcome
“…a remarkable workshop – passionate about design and dressmaking.” GUARDIAN We are a non-profit making community interest company offering hands-on fun with fashion and design for everyone from old & young. We teach great creative skills: adults and kids sewing, dressmaking, clothes and accessory making, fashion design and...
Our Studio
Look at our fantastically spacious and purpose designed studio! All of our classes are held at our purpose built premises, our wonderful ‘Sewing & Design Suite’. It’s bursting with a rainbow of colour, fabric, ribbon, thread… you name it! Perfect place to unleash your inspiration or to get inspired! We have all the facilities you...
Kids & Teens Sewing
Design & Make! Whether you are a budding fashionista or craft mad we have a great variety of classes running during term time and holidays as well as parties and private tuition. All kids sewing classes are from 8-18yrs with a smaller number of places for ‘Tiny Hands’ 6-8yrs. ALL OF OUR SEWING CLASSES ARE SUITABLE FOR DUKE OF...
Adults Sewing
BIGGER HANDS can do it too! Our very popular adult sewing and dressmaking courses offer maximum flexibility: a ‘Wardrobe Overhaul’, dressmaking, home accessories – the choice remains wide open to you! We have a range of patterns and samples for all abilities to get you started. We teach all levels of adults too, from beginners to...
One-off Workshops & Events
The ‘Out of the Box’ way to socialise!! The perfect alternative to your regular dinner and a drink – how about catching up with an old friend over a sewing machine and hand-made wonders? A ‘Creative Heaven’: check out our regular themed workshops from ‘Beautiful Cushions’ to ‘Learning to use the sewing machine & easy...
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Notices
- Now enrolling for:
- Adults:
- Pattern Cutting!!!: 5 Tuesday Sessions from either 10:00-12:00 or 7-9pm starting 21st May.
- Dressmaking Skills 2: 5 Tuesday Sessions form 12:30-14:30 starting on 21st May.
- Dressmaking Basics: 5 Thursday Sessions form 7-9pm starting on 6th June.
- Also book for our new short course GOLDWORK TECHNIQUE: EMBROIDERY SURGERY: 5 Wednesday Evenings 7-9pm starting 22nd May!!!! book above through Calendar sessions starting 21st May; 22nd May and 6th June
- Kids and Teens: Enrol now for MAY HALF TERM 28th-31st May and SUMMER HOLIDAYs 15th-19th July/22nd-26th July/29th July-2nd August ‘Clothes and Accessories Making’ and ‘Fashion Design and Sketching’ Call or email us to book!
- New end of summer kids course Creative Explosion – perfect end to summer holidays! 27th-30 August see bookings for more details.











