Beginners Dressmaking - Smock Dress or Top
This course runs over one full day 10am - 3.30pm with half an hour for lunch.
Please select from available dates below - there are Wednesday and Saturday dates available.
Take your first steps into dressmaking. Learn the ins and outs of paper patterns in our beautiful studio in the Scottish Borders. With excellent Brother Innov-Is 15 sewing machines, overlockers and a fully equipped sewing studio, you will use a commercial paper pattern and make your own item to fit you.
We will be using Tilly and the Buttons ‘Indigo’ pattern. Tilly and the Buttons patterns are excellent for beginners and a perfect introduction to dressmaking.
Your tutor Jenny has 15 years of teaching experience, a First Class degree in Design for Textiles and a Post Graduate Diploma in Art and Design Education. Class sizes are kept to a maximum of 6 students so you will have lots of individual tuition and support.
Who is this course for?
This course is for you if you have some basic sewing knowledge and would like to progress onto dressmaking. The patten is beginner friendly, however you should be confident in sewing simple seams and know how to use a machine. If you need some practice first, book onto our ‘Introduction to Machine Sewing’ or ‘Complete Beginners Sewing Course’ first.
Please note this course is for over 16s only, however I will be offering adult and child classes shortly, please email if you are interested in this and sign up to our mailing list.
What will I learn?
How to take your own measurements
To follow a paper pattern and understand the symbols and instructions
How to cut fabric correctly using the straight grain
How to construct your own dress or top - there are a few options to choose from on the pattern
To complete seams using our Brother overlockers for a professional finish
What will I make?
A dress or top using the ‘Indigo’ pattern.
What is included?
Use of our fully equipped sewing studio, sewing machines and overlockers
Each table is set up with a sewing kit which you can use during the course
Your own copy of Tilly and the Buttons ‘Indigo’ pattern which is yours to keep and take home
Thread and interfacing for your project
Tea, coffee and biscuits!
What do I need to bring
So that you make the garment to your taste, you should bring your own fabric for this project - roughly 2 meters depending on sizing. When booking this course, I will send an email with detailed advice about which fabrics are best to use and where to buy them at a reasonable price.
Booking - Terms and Conditions
Price is inclusive of tax. All classes to be paid for in advance and processed through the website securely using Stripe - we do not access your bank details. When booking a class, you consent to receiving emails from Bonnay Studio - you can opt out at any time.
You can cancel or amend your booking up to 48 hours after placing the booking. After this, cancellations are not permitted - you may be able to transfer to an alternative date with plenty of notice but please be mindful that we are a small business with small class sizes so may not be able to accommodate this.
If we have to cancel a class, we will give you as much notice as possible and will offer an alternative date or a full refund.
Please note - I will send a confirmation email upon booking with further information about the class, please check junk & spam folders.
This course runs over one full day 10am - 3.30pm with half an hour for lunch.
Please select from available dates below - there are Wednesday and Saturday dates available.
Take your first steps into dressmaking. Learn the ins and outs of paper patterns in our beautiful studio in the Scottish Borders. With excellent Brother Innov-Is 15 sewing machines, overlockers and a fully equipped sewing studio, you will use a commercial paper pattern and make your own item to fit you.
We will be using Tilly and the Buttons ‘Indigo’ pattern. Tilly and the Buttons patterns are excellent for beginners and a perfect introduction to dressmaking.
Your tutor Jenny has 15 years of teaching experience, a First Class degree in Design for Textiles and a Post Graduate Diploma in Art and Design Education. Class sizes are kept to a maximum of 6 students so you will have lots of individual tuition and support.
Who is this course for?
This course is for you if you have some basic sewing knowledge and would like to progress onto dressmaking. The patten is beginner friendly, however you should be confident in sewing simple seams and know how to use a machine. If you need some practice first, book onto our ‘Introduction to Machine Sewing’ or ‘Complete Beginners Sewing Course’ first.
Please note this course is for over 16s only, however I will be offering adult and child classes shortly, please email if you are interested in this and sign up to our mailing list.
What will I learn?
How to take your own measurements
To follow a paper pattern and understand the symbols and instructions
How to cut fabric correctly using the straight grain
How to construct your own dress or top - there are a few options to choose from on the pattern
To complete seams using our Brother overlockers for a professional finish
What will I make?
A dress or top using the ‘Indigo’ pattern.
What is included?
Use of our fully equipped sewing studio, sewing machines and overlockers
Each table is set up with a sewing kit which you can use during the course
Your own copy of Tilly and the Buttons ‘Indigo’ pattern which is yours to keep and take home
Thread and interfacing for your project
Tea, coffee and biscuits!
What do I need to bring
So that you make the garment to your taste, you should bring your own fabric for this project - roughly 2 meters depending on sizing. When booking this course, I will send an email with detailed advice about which fabrics are best to use and where to buy them at a reasonable price.
Booking - Terms and Conditions
Price is inclusive of tax. All classes to be paid for in advance and processed through the website securely using Stripe - we do not access your bank details. When booking a class, you consent to receiving emails from Bonnay Studio - you can opt out at any time.
You can cancel or amend your booking up to 48 hours after placing the booking. After this, cancellations are not permitted - you may be able to transfer to an alternative date with plenty of notice but please be mindful that we are a small business with small class sizes so may not be able to accommodate this.
If we have to cancel a class, we will give you as much notice as possible and will offer an alternative date or a full refund.
Please note - I will send a confirmation email upon booking with further information about the class, please check junk & spam folders.
This course runs over one full day 10am - 3.30pm with half an hour for lunch.
Please select from available dates below - there are Wednesday and Saturday dates available.
Take your first steps into dressmaking. Learn the ins and outs of paper patterns in our beautiful studio in the Scottish Borders. With excellent Brother Innov-Is 15 sewing machines, overlockers and a fully equipped sewing studio, you will use a commercial paper pattern and make your own item to fit you.
We will be using Tilly and the Buttons ‘Indigo’ pattern. Tilly and the Buttons patterns are excellent for beginners and a perfect introduction to dressmaking.
Your tutor Jenny has 15 years of teaching experience, a First Class degree in Design for Textiles and a Post Graduate Diploma in Art and Design Education. Class sizes are kept to a maximum of 6 students so you will have lots of individual tuition and support.
Who is this course for?
This course is for you if you have some basic sewing knowledge and would like to progress onto dressmaking. The patten is beginner friendly, however you should be confident in sewing simple seams and know how to use a machine. If you need some practice first, book onto our ‘Introduction to Machine Sewing’ or ‘Complete Beginners Sewing Course’ first.
Please note this course is for over 16s only, however I will be offering adult and child classes shortly, please email if you are interested in this and sign up to our mailing list.
What will I learn?
How to take your own measurements
To follow a paper pattern and understand the symbols and instructions
How to cut fabric correctly using the straight grain
How to construct your own dress or top - there are a few options to choose from on the pattern
To complete seams using our Brother overlockers for a professional finish
What will I make?
A dress or top using the ‘Indigo’ pattern.
What is included?
Use of our fully equipped sewing studio, sewing machines and overlockers
Each table is set up with a sewing kit which you can use during the course
Your own copy of Tilly and the Buttons ‘Indigo’ pattern which is yours to keep and take home
Thread and interfacing for your project
Tea, coffee and biscuits!
What do I need to bring
So that you make the garment to your taste, you should bring your own fabric for this project - roughly 2 meters depending on sizing. When booking this course, I will send an email with detailed advice about which fabrics are best to use and where to buy them at a reasonable price.
Booking - Terms and Conditions
Price is inclusive of tax. All classes to be paid for in advance and processed through the website securely using Stripe - we do not access your bank details. When booking a class, you consent to receiving emails from Bonnay Studio - you can opt out at any time.
You can cancel or amend your booking up to 48 hours after placing the booking. After this, cancellations are not permitted - you may be able to transfer to an alternative date with plenty of notice but please be mindful that we are a small business with small class sizes so may not be able to accommodate this.
If we have to cancel a class, we will give you as much notice as possible and will offer an alternative date or a full refund.
Please note - I will send a confirmation email upon booking with further information about the class, please check junk & spam folders.