Top 10 Best Clothes Making classes, courses, learnings kits and gifts in the UK

Bring your preloved Denim jkt to a 'Sacred Sewing Circle' workshop in uniquely customising your jacket with treasured trims reflecting your true personality. Be inspired to 'Turn waste clothes into worth originals' by Award winning Designer, Fashion Forager & Upcycling Expert, Katie Young. A 2.5-hour unique masterclass teaching ways to customise, upcycle and transform an old denim jkt into treasured original pieces that express your true personality. Katie will assist you in co-creating your clothes, combining treasured materials and trims from saved waste or foraged finds to remake a new wardrobe Wow! What to bring: Intermediate sewing skills required. Hand and machine sewing opitions. Bring your preloved Jacket, any trims you want to add to repair or reinvent. Why not bring your own sewing machine to reacquaint & reignite your sewing self. Be surrounded by inspiration, and sew in circle you with a group of like-minded Sustainable Style and Upcycling lovers! We will provide:  2x sewing machines plus 1x overlocker to share between up to 8 people. Iron and ironing board. Trims & materials to adorn and applique Sewing needles, scissors and threads Denim jackets at cost of £25 Luxury velvet Customising kits for Jkts at £55 Next workshops and retreats You will go away with: Powerful and possibly profound connection to yourself and your clothes Re-empowerment in making /sewing skills Renewed creative skill to go apply to other pieces of your wardrobe and your life A beautiful newly customised jacket ready to wear or complete at home A bit about me & Sacred Sewing: Katie Young is a conscious co-creator of customised clothes, collections and tailored supply chains that save waste for over 30 years. Receiving multiple awards for her niche service to 100s of sustainable luxury fashion, hospitality & Heritage brands. Founding ‘Bespoke Textiles’ with clients from English Eccentrics to The Ivy Collection from Bills to Buckingham Palace. She is the author of the No.1 best selling book The Textile Touch. Through her love of vintage, exquisite eye for elegant timeless original design combined with her expertise in manufacturing & customising clothes since a childhood she inspires and empowers a rare and unique passion and style for Re-making. The Sacred Sewing movements' mission is to empower women to know themselves deeply through Reloving clothes and reloving yourself. Remaking in Sacred Sewing Circles, embracing slow fashion original style, sewing and sealing in reclaimed connection to yourself and others.

In this 'choose your own adventure' style intermediate sewing course, we’ll sew a top based on a customisable base garment pattern specially designed to help you master a number of techniques. This is a great follow on from our Learn to Sew: Casual Basics or Make a Skirt courses, or if you've been finding your own way at home and want to advance your skills. You’ll learn how to sew: Sleeves (Fitted or gathered) Darts Gathers & Pleats Yoke Facing Collars / Necklines Sleeve Plackets Buttonholes Rouleau loops You can modify the pattern to suit your own style by making it long or cropped, adjusting the sleeve length or adding a collar. One of our students even adapted it to make a dress! Who is this class for? This class is ideal for those who have used commercial patterns before and are looking to expand their sewing skills. Pattern sizes available size 10 - size 20. If you are outside of this range please get in touch and we can discuss options.

This course runs in a 3 week cycle This is an ideal course for beginners who what to learn how to sew to a high skilled level. Firstly you will be taught how to wind on a bobbin & thread using the sewing machine, then you teacher will explain the different instructions & buttons on the machine, as well as explaining how other machines work. The first sewing task will be to get you to be comfortable using the machine with simple tasks & helping you stitch in the right position. You will learn how to stitch a french seam, * pin hem, double turn hem, also how to inset a invisible zip*. The classes are in small groups with the maximum of 6 per class, so that the tutor can dedicate more time to the individual learner.

Fabrications are regularly asked if they undertake repairs and alterations to various items of clothing. With Hackney's moth epidemic on the increase, it should come as no surprise that the most popular requests are for repairs to woolen jumpers. Although they do not undertake garment repairs they usually offer those enquiring two options for repairs. The first option they recommend is that the person try using a dry cleaners to undertake the job. However, they always point out that this can often work out as an expensive option. Along with that option they always try to encourage the person to try to carrying out the repair themselves, offering advice on ways that they might achieve this. Sadly, in recent years, and maybe as a result our growing “throw away” culture, there has been a marked decline in the practice of learning even the most basic of clothing repair skills. As such, many of us now lack a real understanding of the various stitching techniques and tricks, used in basic fabric repairs. This is also the case with traditional weaving and darning techniques used to mend and prolong the life of our cherished woolen garments. In light of this situation, Barley Massey has put together a comprehensive hand repair workshop focusing on common woolen garment repairs. The workshop is not only very informative, but also very enjoyable encouraging a really mindful approach to clothing repairs. On completion of the class participants will confidently be able to: Use 2 types of ‘Darning’ techniques: Traditional Weave & Swiss Darning Apply techniques to different weights of woolens from fine cashmere jumpers to chunky hand knits Explore ‘Visible Mending’ Consider different colour combinations and creative features Never throw away a sock again!

Come on down to Hackney and 'sock' up some Fabrications love in this sock knitting workshop. No need to get cold feet over this sock class, you're guaranteed to have a ball. In this class Be introduced to some new knitting skills or expand your existing knit-knowledge! Put your best foot forward and be guided with Lola Johnson through the process of knitting socks from top to toe! In the class you will create a mini sock to try out all parts of knitting a sock. You will also receive a pattern to make your own full sized versions following the same methodology learnt in the class. The class is taught by Lola Johnson. Lola is the dyer and designer behind Third Vault Yarns. With years of experience from learning to knit at a young age, she has taken that experience into designing patterns using a wide range of techniques – which she delights in sharing and helping others to build their skills with fun and different patterns. Designs for Lola’s classes will draw inspiration from her books “Board Game Knits” To make the most of this session, we recommend that you have some basic knitting skills such as knowing how to cast on, knit & purl stitch and how to cast off. If you have attended our beginners knitting class or equivalent you will be fine! Now you can create ribbing around the ankle understand how to 'turn the heel' by picking up stitches shaping for your own toes for extra comfy socks as well as exploring some wonderful and crazy patterns follow a simple sock pattern from start to finish

What you will learn With Pat Stevens Come along with a simple item or garment you are currently making, adjusting or starting and that need help with. This is a continuous running class which you can book week to week where you can choose what you want to make and Pat will assist you making. Not suitable for beginners dressmaking. What you need to bring We provide sewing machines, cutting boards, scissors and rotary cutters. Bring your own fabric/garment to work with or come early to the shop to choose and purchase fabric. CLASS SIZE: 6 maximum DURATION: 1.5 hours TIME: 12-1.30PM DATES: Wednesday 1st December, 12-1.30pm LOCATION: Stitch! 364 Green Lanes, Palmers Green, N13 5XL (entrance inside Post Office)