Sewing Course for Beginners

Supplies

Follow your list and purchase the items you need.

Sewing kit

(bring these items from the first lesson onwards):

Remaining Items:

  • 50 x 50 cm cotton fabric

  • 50cm of 1cm-wide elastic band

  • Good quality sewing machine thread (depending on your fabric colour)

  • Tacking thread (different colour than your fabric)

  • Clipper (to cut threads)

Purchase later

Remaining Items:

  • Sewing machine (if available/required for the project)

  • Zips, elastic, interfacing or other fastenings as required by the chosen project

  • Main fabric as advised by the tutor (1 metre of cotton or other midweight fabric required for the second lesson; future fabric requirements will depend on the chosen project and will be advised by the tutor.)

Optional (but useful) items

  • Ruler: A clear, grid ruler for measuring and cutting straight lines.

  • Carbon tracing paper (2-3 different colours)

  • Paper/pattern tracing wheel

  • Erasable pen/ heat erasable fabric marking pen

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