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Learn to Sew

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Start date: 16th Sep 2025

Time: 16:00 - 18:00

Cost: £125

Day: Tuesday

Duration: 10 weeks

Tutor: Cheryl Evans

Course code: 25AU009

Sewing for beginners is a course that will introduce you to the basic skills and techniques, tools and equipment for creating in fabric; understand the properties and selection of materials, how to read patterns and match them to fabrics.

You will learn how to thread and use the sewing machine including the purpose of different foot attachments.

Small outcomes that support the development of sewing skills can be made which could include: a simple top, easy draw string trousers, or anything that you may fancy creating which is simple.

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Cheryl Evans

Cheryl Evans trained in Fashion and Textiles Design at St. Martin’s London and is currently Head of Textiles in secondary school education.

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