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Creative Sewing Club

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Learn to Sew Free Training Hub

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5 contributions to Learn to Sew Free Training Hub
Show + Tell ๐Ÿคฉ
What are you working on? Did you sew this weekend? We'd love to see what you are working on ๐Ÿ‘‡
6 likes โ€ข Oct '25
Iโ€™ve been making my first lined patchwork tote bag with interfacing this week from my bargain curtain collection. Following a YouTube video. Making the patchwork was pretty exasperating as I chose the wrong fabrics - one of which frays badly ๐Ÿซฃ I have completed my first inner zip pocket, and the lining is from the curtains I chopped up. Lining also seems to be significantly bigger than the bag it fills ๐Ÿ™ˆ. The bag is not as tall as it should be - I think my seam allowances werenโ€™t generous enough! Also, I managed to sew the handles inside the lining ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ So have had to take them off and just need to put them back on to finish. Lots of lessons learned and Iโ€™m quite pleased with myself regardless!
What was your first sewing project...?
...OR, if you haven't jumped in yet - what do you hope to sew when you learn?
What was your first sewing project...?
3 likes โ€ข Sep '25
Iโ€™ve made two bags from โ€˜so craftyโ€™ mainly just to get confidence with using my machine and its stitches etc. I want to chop up my wedding dress to make a decorative patchwork, either a quilt or a piece I can frame. The dress has sequins, tule, satin etc to play with.
3 likes โ€ข Oct '25
@Charmonix du Venage I will, thank you. Itโ€™s quite a big dress and very heavy so storing it long term is not ideal!
October : Beginner's Course Walk Through
I've been chatting to some of our newer members and it sounds like going through the Sewing 101 Course together will be very helpful for many in the group. Doing things together instantly makes it more motivating and less overwhelming! โžก๏ธ I'll work through it with you over 2 weeks, with small, easy tasks to complete weekly. โžก๏ธWe'll be sewing a beginner project that can help you practice using your machine. Who's in? ๐Ÿ’ญ Let me know and I'll start setting it up ๐Ÿ‘‡
October : Beginner's Course Walk Through
1 like โ€ข Oct '25
Interested please!
What's your biggest sewing challenge?
Have you ever had some free time, wanted to sew and then just get...STUCK? What's keeping you from starting? ๐Ÿ’ญ๐Ÿค”
What's your biggest sewing challenge?
5 likes โ€ข Oct '25
My printer not working to print out your apron pattern ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜ญ Also not having enough thread
This group is GROWING ๐ŸŒฑ A warm welcome + introduction!
Wow - the group has grown to over 120 members in just 30 days! I'd like to welcome everyone who has joined in these past few weeks ๐Ÿค— Say hi below and tell us where you're from! I'm Christine and I LOVE SEWING! Some things you should know about me: - I never learned to sew as a child and thought sewing was LAME when I was a teenager even though my mom made tailored clothing and ball gowns. - I started sewing at the ripe ol' age of 27, and all I knew was what a bobbin is and that you have something called a seam-allowance. - I never attended a single sewing class...because they just didn't exist in my tiny town! - I spent MANY years fumbling my way through hundreds of patterns, tutorial videos and fabric that ended up in the bin... Of course I became obsessed with sewing, so I quit teaching Shakespeare to the rugby team and started teaching sewing! I knew there were other women who needed a different way of learning... Not the polished, highly edited style of YouTube influencers and pattern 'rat race' in the online sewing world. Real-time sewing classes that felt like a coffee and sewing date, and got you straight to sewing your first project. If you're new to sewing or trying to get back into it, I want to encourage you not to feel intimidated by all the content out there! Sewing is actually not that terrifying once you start, and you can't compare your beginner self with people who have been sewing since they were 9 years old. I don't believe beginners should be limited by 'beginner projects'. What you really need is just good instruction! The best thing you can do for your sewing THIS WEEKEND? Get your machine out, get it threaded and jump into your first project! You'll find all of that right here in this group โ†’ the Sewing 101 course is the exact course I teach to absolute newbies. And if you have a different project lined up? Feel free to ask a question in the community! This group has all skill levels in it and so many enthusiastic women ready to help with their experienced advice!
This group is GROWING ๐ŸŒฑ A warm welcome + introduction!
6 likes โ€ข Oct '25
Thank you! Iโ€™m excited to get cracking - I will hopefully have more time over winter to enjoy my new machine ๐Ÿค“
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Alex Witham
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@alex-witham-3230
Iโ€™m 41 and trying to find myself again! Love spending time with my horse and dog - and my hubby of course! Love to learn and challenge myself ๐Ÿ˜Š

Active 190d ago
Joined Sep 30, 2025
UK