Beginners course: sewing stretch clothing

This course is taught by several people:
Caroline (Dutch/English)
Fleur (Dutch/English) 

Make your first piece of clothing completely yourself

Want to make your wardrobe a little more personal and creative? In this beginner's course, you'll learn step-by-step how to sew clothes from jersey (stretch) fabrics, no previous experience required. You choose which item(s) you want to make, so you can create something that perfectly suits your style. You can choose whether to use a sewing machine or a serger.

What do you learn?

During this course you will learn the basics of making clothes, step by step:

• Using Patterns: How to Read a Pattern and Which Lines and Symbols are Important

• Adjusting Patterns: Learn how to make small adjustments to sewing patterns

• Choosing and preparing fabric: which fabrics work well for which garment

• Laying & cutting fabric: efficient cutting without waste

• Sewing (or serging) your garment: stitching (or serging) seams and joining parts together

• Neat finishing: finish seams, hems and details carefully
  
  You will go home with confidence and skills that you can continue to use.

What can you make?

You choose 1 or 2 projects from this list:

• Short or long leggings with elastic

• Flared or wide leggings with elastic

• T-shirt

• Turtleneck

• T-shirt dress

• Skirt with elastic

How does the course work?

• 4 lessons of 3 hours (12 hours in total)

• Small group, personal guidance

• You learn everything quietly step by step

• You go home with 1 or 2 homemade garments

• You can follow the course in both Dutch and English

What is included?

• Yarn and elastic

• Use of sewing machines and lock machines in the studio

• Two patterns with instructions for your chosen items, so that you can easily make them again at home later.

Fabric is not included , but you can bring your own or purchase it at the studio (there's always a nice selection available). It's important that it's a stretchy (knit) fabric. Choose a sturdy jersey/tissue fabric that's easy to work with and avoid smooth or shiny fabrics, as these are more difficult for beginners.

How much fabric do you need?

• Short leggings: 0.5 - 1 meter

• Long leggings: 1.5 meters

• Flared leggings: 1.5 - 2 meters

• Wide leggings: 2 - 2.5 meters

• T-shirt: 1 - 1.5 meters
  

• Turtleneck: 1.5 - 2 meters
  
  

• T-shirt dress: 1.5 - 2.5 meters

• Skirt: 0.5 - 1 meter