Sew Your Own Knickers!| 6th April

SewYour Own Knickers!

Join seamstress, Wendy Poole, for a fun day of knicker making! Using the Iris pattern from Tilly and the Buttons, you will get to grips with stretch fabrics and elastic, learning the skills needed to stitch up your own underwear.

Choose from fold over elastic or stretch lace in various combinations to sew your Iris knickers.

If you are booking this workshop for someone else, please leave their name and contact details in the notes at time of booking.

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Ability Level: Confident Beginner and up

Course Duration:Saturday 6th April, 10am - 4pm with half an hour for lunch

You will learn:

- How to get used to your sewing machine

- Learn how to read a pattern

- How to sew your own pair of knickers

- How to use stretch fabrics

- How to use fold over elastic

You will need to bring:

Tools needed:

- A sewing machine in good working order Please note that a sewing machine that has been sat unused for some time will likely need a service to run to its full potential

- A basic sewing kit, including dressmaking scissors, small scissors, dressmakers’ pins, tape measure, seam ripper, hand sewing needles

Ballpoint or stretch machine needles

Materials needed:

- Main fabric: Light to medium-weight stretch knit fabric with 40-60% 4 way stretch such as: jersey, stretch mesh, or scuba. Approx 50-60cm needed

- Crotch lining: a small piece of cotton or bamboo jersey. Approx 25cm needed

- Narrow stretch lace between 20-40mm wide or fold over elastic 15-20mm wide. See pattern details for requirements according to size.

- Thread to match your fabric. We suggest Maraflex when sewing with stretch!

- The pattern will be included as part of the workshop

Get 10% off course materials at Truro Fabrics. Please show your booking confirmation at the till to access this discount.

About your tutor:

Wendy is a bespoke dressmaker and costume maker. She studied fashion design and pattern cutting in London back in the 1970’s and also qualified in millinery. She started her career working for a London film and stage costumier, making costumes and has also worked in pattern cutting and size grading for a high street store. Since then she has been dressmaking and making stage costume, historical costume, bridal and prom wear. Her speciality is working with finer fabrics with focus on detail and fit. You can find out more about Wendy at www.wendypoole.com.

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