Dressmaking - Techniques and Skills - IPS

A one-day dressmaking course at Franklins in Ipswich teaching the core techniques needed to start making your own clothing.

This one-day course at Franklins in Ipswich is aimed at people with some sewing experience who want to begin making their own clothes. Over five and a half hours it covers measuring yourself and choosing a pattern size, reading pattern envelopes and markings, tracing pattern pieces, darts, gathering, installing a zipper, sewing buttonholes and buttons by machine, finishing woven edges and hemming. Machines, scissors, pins, tape measures, resources, tea and coffee are supplied; attendees bring their own lunch. Classes are suitable for everyone over 18.