Top 10 Best Fashion Design 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.

Tambour work is a fascinating technique used for bead embroidery (also known as French embroidery beading) as well as decorative chain stitch embroidery. Needlework techniques such as Couching and goldwork were historically used to decorate priestly gowns. However, these days, they are often employed to add fascinating, luxurious, and highly elaborate details to textiles. This presents a wonderful opportunity to learn how to use a tambour hook or engage in goldwork embroidery in a small group class. You can choose the technique that you'd like to learn with us. If you select Tambour Hook embroidery, you will learn: How to set up a tambour embroidery hook. How to cast on and off basic stitches. How to add beads and sequins. How to prepare your design and adjust it on the fabric. If you opt for Goldwork, you will learn: How to design your pattern. How to use specialist threads and tools. Simple couching stitches. Simple couching pattern stitches. How to position the thread on your fabric. The small workshop size ensures valuable one-on-one time with the instructor and fellow participants, allowing for maximum engagement and assistance."

This fashion design class, just off Brick Lane, is perfect for beginners with an interest in fashion design. If you are thinking of setting up a fashion business or developing your own label, this class is perfect for you. In this class During this five week class, your guide will introduce you to all the steps involved in the fashion design process. No experience is needed, because your instructor will be there to answer any questions you may have. You'll start by selecting a range of themes and images to work with as inspiration, in order to build up a mood board. You will then cover the different stages that are needed to further develop your ideas into a viable fashion collection. Finally, you will undertake a design project, where you will use a variety of sketching and drawing to explore shapes, silhouettes and details in order to design your very own fashion garment! Now you can Form a mood board from your initial ideas Know more about what is involved in the design process Work on designing your own collection What you'll need We'll provide you with everything you will need for the class, however if you wish to keep all of your ideas from the day in one place, you may want to bring along an A3 sketch book.

This is a great opportunity & money saver to learn how to alter & adjust your garments, we will teach our tricks and shorts cuts on how to shorten sleeves on clothes, how to open panels in dresses, the best way to either let out or take in waistbands, we will also recommend if you want to reshape your outfit to create something new........ we will show you the type of cotton to use if your repairing denim with the best size needle plus where and how to get the right top threads for jeans our tutors have a wealth of experience with over 25 years working in the fashion design studios & are happy to share their knowledge with you The best thing about this class is you will learn something new plus save yourself money in the long run

This is a two part course that is runs Sept. 08, 6-9pm & Sept. 15, 6:30-9pm With instructor Nadia Constantinou from "In the Fold". Nadia has over 30 years industry experience as a pattern cutter/ grader & garment technologist before setting up her own Consultancy business supporting High Street & Online brands such as John Lewis, Margaret Howell and Pretty Lavish improve fit & technical issues through communication within the supply chain. Have you ever seen a dress or top and wondered how to make it your own to fit your body type? Well here at Stitch we have the class for you! With Nadia's guidance and instruction you will be taught the basics on how to measure and create a block pattern to take away with you. With the trend working towards reducing and reusing you are able to shape and draft clothing that fits you the way you want, making it more wearable and longer lasting in your closet. With your new found skills after taking our class, you will be on your way to being able to restyle clothing you already have as well as creating brand new garments. This is a class for beginners and hobbyists to pattern making, but it’s best to have knowledge of how to use a sewing machine in advance. With this class you will not be taking a finished garment home with you, just a pattern ready for sewing. Part one covers: How to make a basic box shift top/ dress How to create your own measurement chart Understanding the basics of adapting a block to your individual measurements Understanding notches, grainlines and seam allowance and how they relate to fabric Toiles, what are they and how to translate amendments to your block pattern Part two covers: Fitting Instructions on how to amend the pattern and adapt the design Changing dart positions Adjust skirt shape length Add waist seams Each participant will leave with their own block pattern ready to cut & sew at home. You do not need to bring anything just yourselves. We will provide all materials and tools needed, as well as a warm welcoming, cosy, environment to learn and create. Light refreshments will be provided. DATE AND TIME : Thursday 8th September, 6:00-9:00 and Thursday 15th September, 6:30-9:00 pm DURATION: 5.5 hrs of instruction time over two sessions COST: £90 LOCATION: 364 Green Lanes, Palmers Green, N13 5XL (entrance inside Post Office) We look forward to welcoming you in Stitch soon. The StitchN13 Team x Please ensure you have read fully our terms and conditions.

DUMEBI are offering an intermediate to advanced embroidery class at their Boutique & Atelier In Chelsea London where all the magic happens and where they create all their handmade designs worn by celebrities. During this 2 hour a week, 6 weeks intermediate to advanced Embroidery course you will be using the same structure as the 6 weeks beginner course just more advanced and more time to develop your skills. You will be taught the following various embroidery techniques: 1st week- hand embroidery using metallic thread on calico 2nd week- machine embroidery (freehand) using metallic threads and the freehand foot on a domestic sewing machine. A great way to learn how to embroider your own unique designs without the use of a digital embroidery machine - you will be able to create embroidery designs from home with your domestic sewing machine without having to invest in a very expensive embroidery machine. 3rd week- beadwork - creating 3D Embroidery samples using beads and crystals. 4h & 5th week - appliqué - you will cut out intricate lace pieces and create a lace appliqué Embroidery sample 6th week - you will make a small sample using the combined techniques learned on this course

DUMEBI are offering a Couture sewing technique course at their Boutique & Atelier in Chelsea where they create all their handmade designs worn by celebrities. This is an a all levels class for people who wish to learn Couture sewing techniques to create luxury garments. During this 6 week Couture sewing techniques course you will have the opportunity to learn and create your own embroidery, hand sewing/ finishing techniques, screen printing, devore and lace appliqué samples Couture sewing techniques course (all levels welcome) 1st week - embroidery techniques - sample 2nd week - screen printing - samples 3rd week - flower making - samples 4th week - lace appliqué - you will be cutting lace and creating an appliqué sample 5th week - French seam - you will be cutting and sewing a skirt using the French seam sewing technique that is used as a great finishing on luxury clothing 6th week - hand sewing/ finishing - invisible stitch