If you are a beginner and never used a sewing machine or an advanced sewer and are upgrading a machine, with your first lesson, we take you through your machine and everything it has to offer. Whether it's getting to grips with threading and what those accessories do to using the latest stitches and new functions, we will cover it.

Your second lesson can be on anything you wish to learn, or just to try something new. A popular lesson is how to do free hand embroidery, even on the basic machines.

There is a time limit of 1 year to use your lesson, all we ask you to do is to ring the above number to book in and quote your receipt/order number. Each lesson lasts an hour and are on a one to one basis.

PAID LESSONS

Lessons are all one to one with your tutor Cathy and are taught on a hourly basis to fit in around your schedule.  Cathy will teach you what you would like to learn, from guiding you through your sewing project to basic seams and hand sewing.

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 Please see below for some of our most popular lessons, if you don't see anything listed, please do not hesitate to contact us.

• Brought or given a machine and not getting the most from it.

• What do all those accessories and feet do.

• Zips and how to insert them into dresses, cushions.

• Halfway through a project, and stuck on one thing, ie - making a special dress for family and unsure of how to bone the garment.

• Students - help and advice with projects / exam work

• Different seams and when to use them.

• Haven't sewn years and need a recap.

• How to read and cut out paper patterns.

• Never sewn - how do you sew a seam and basics of sewing.

• Corsetry /boning - (corsetry can be a day course, different rates apply, please contact for details).

• Dressmaking.

• Alterations.
  

YOUR TUTOR

Catherine Price, is a 4^th generation seamstress and has City and Guild qualification in dressmaking, designing and pattern cutting. For the last 10 years, Catherine has been running her own business making wedding dresses, special occasion dresses, general and specialised alterations and historical costume. Cathy is a keen crafter and like to mix up the crafts of card making and sewing with textile art.

As a historical living history re-renactor of the 1940's and medeavial, Cath frequently gives talks about Make-Do-and-Mend and historical costumes in schools and to the public, at living history events throught out the year. Cath carries on the make do and mend ethos in real life, gaining a reputation for customising, reusing garments, especially wedding dresses.

Cath is passionate about all types of sewing, from dressmaking, quilting, computorised and free hand embroidery just to name a few.