SEWING BASICS - LET’S GET STARTED WITH KAY 25167

*Enrolling now for Term 1- Begins 12th of Feb!*

**SEWING BASICS - LET’S GET STARTED WITH KAY. **

Tutor: Kay Hickman 

Come along on Wednesday nights and we will brush up on sewing basics: 

Some topics we’ll cover are:

 Sewing techniques and terminology

 How to thread up and use a machine

 Stitches- how to adjust them and which to use where

 Making accurate measurements, cutting out fabric and following a pattern

 Know your fabrics- how they behave and matching fabric to project

 Shop for suitable fabrics (from either op shops or retail shops)

 Using and maintaining an iron

Each night the aim will be to complete a simple item that practices aspects that you are

learning.

We will start with easy achievable items and build up to making a simple useful garment by

the end of the term.

My aim is that at the end of this course you will have found the joy and satisfaction that

creating with fabric brings, and to build confidence to continue sewing on your own.

Purchase / Bring your own -

· Good sharp dressmaking scissors (or rotary cutter, self-

healing cutting mat and special ruler)

· Small sharp snipping scissors

· Seam ripper (quick unpick)

· Tape measure 

· Pins (glass headed are best)

· Machine needles (Universal size 80 and jeans needles)

· Bernina thread bobbin (if you are going to use our school

Bernina machine)

· Thread (black and white)

· 1/2metre-1metre of black calico (washed prior to class) This

can be used for lining of bags etc

· Fabric scraps (for practicing stitches or piecing to make larger

Tutors: Kay Hickman

This course is supported by the TEC (Tertiary Education Commission) to assist with literacy, numeracy and wellbeing needs of students. You must attend 80% of the class. At the same time we hope you will learn other useful and interesting skills and have a lot of fun learning with us.