Complete Beginners Sewing Course - 2 x Saturdays
This course runs over 2 consecutive Saturdays, 10am - 3.30pm with half an hour for lunch. Please see available dates below.
Please select from available dates below.
Come and learn to sew 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 work through this full beginners course and leave feeling confident on the machine, with 3 beautiful finished items. The items have been carefully chosen to teach you a range of important skills which will prepare you for more complex projects.
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 never used a sewing machine, or have not sewn for a long time. We will cover the basics from setting up your machine, winding bobbins and practising stitching on scrap fabric before moving onto making the items.
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.
What will I learn?
How to safely and confidently set up and use one of our Brother sewing machines (you are welcome to bring your own machine if you discuss this with me in advance)
How to control the machine and sew and finish seams
Which fabrics to use and how to cut fabric correctly using the grain
To add a zip and finish with top stitching
How to add bias binding
What will I make?
A lined shopping tote bag
A zipped bag/makeup bag
Bunting finished with bias binding
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
All fabric, trimmings and thread to make the 3 projects
Tea, coffee and biscuits!
What do I need to bring
Nothing! All materials are included in the cost of this course.
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 2 consecutive Saturdays, 10am - 3.30pm with half an hour for lunch. Please see available dates below.
Please select from available dates below.
Come and learn to sew 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 work through this full beginners course and leave feeling confident on the machine, with 3 beautiful finished items. The items have been carefully chosen to teach you a range of important skills which will prepare you for more complex projects.
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 never used a sewing machine, or have not sewn for a long time. We will cover the basics from setting up your machine, winding bobbins and practising stitching on scrap fabric before moving onto making the items.
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.
What will I learn?
How to safely and confidently set up and use one of our Brother sewing machines (you are welcome to bring your own machine if you discuss this with me in advance)
How to control the machine and sew and finish seams
Which fabrics to use and how to cut fabric correctly using the grain
To add a zip and finish with top stitching
How to add bias binding
What will I make?
A lined shopping tote bag
A zipped bag/makeup bag
Bunting finished with bias binding
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
All fabric, trimmings and thread to make the 3 projects
Tea, coffee and biscuits!
What do I need to bring
Nothing! All materials are included in the cost of this course.
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 2 consecutive Saturdays, 10am - 3.30pm with half an hour for lunch. Please see available dates below.
Please select from available dates below.
Come and learn to sew 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 work through this full beginners course and leave feeling confident on the machine, with 3 beautiful finished items. The items have been carefully chosen to teach you a range of important skills which will prepare you for more complex projects.
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 never used a sewing machine, or have not sewn for a long time. We will cover the basics from setting up your machine, winding bobbins and practising stitching on scrap fabric before moving onto making the items.
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.
What will I learn?
How to safely and confidently set up and use one of our Brother sewing machines (you are welcome to bring your own machine if you discuss this with me in advance)
How to control the machine and sew and finish seams
Which fabrics to use and how to cut fabric correctly using the grain
To add a zip and finish with top stitching
How to add bias binding
What will I make?
A lined shopping tote bag
A zipped bag/makeup bag
Bunting finished with bias binding
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
All fabric, trimmings and thread to make the 3 projects
Tea, coffee and biscuits!
What do I need to bring
Nothing! All materials are included in the cost of this course.
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.