Description
Saturday September 28th 10.30am - 4.30pm
6 Hours
This is the ideal workshop for those who have an overlocker but don’t know how to use it (or are too scared to get it out of the box!!). Those thinking about buying an overlocker are also welcome so you can try one out for the day.
Bring your own machine or use one of ours.
This course is a beginner’s overlocking course – we will not be able to cover more advanced overlocking techniques such as the cover stitch or chain stitch settings on your machine (if it has these).
Places are limited to 6 people for this course to ensure you get the level of attention from the teacher you deserve.
You will be able to purchase a signed copy of Julia's book on the day.
Please note: This class is booked through Julia's Website 'House of Miss Sew' but will be at the Fabric Godmother Studio.
You will learn how to:
- Thread, unthread and rethread your machine
- Adjust the tension dials to create a perfectly balanced stitch
- Overlock corners and curves
- Use the stitching guidelines on the foot or needle plate
- Finish off the thread ends to stop unravelling
- Fix mistakes or unpick your stitching
- Adjust the stitch length and width
- Adjust the cutting width
- Adjust differential feed on your machine and discover the effects of this
- Adjust foot pressure
- Create simple hemming techniques, exclusive to overlocking
- Use your newly learned skills to create a snood
Who is the class for?
You should be confident at using a sewing machine before taking this course.
What you need to bring:
- Your overlocker, if you have one, if not, use one of ours. Don’t forget to bring the power cable, overlocker manual and accessories (tweezers are essential)
- Selection of threads – please bring one of each of the following colours: red, yellow, green, blue plus additional spools to create your snood at the end of the day. These do not have to be the cone style threads – you can use most types of general sewing threads on your overlocker. (There’ll be plenty of spares if you turn up empty handed)
- Stapler (to attach your overlocking samples to your instruction booklet)
- 70cm of lightweight jersey to make your snood (you can purchase some fabric for the snood on the day if you are unable to bring something)
- Bring 4 spools of thread to match your fabric (Julia has plenty of threads so don’t worry if you’ve not got any.)
- Scraps of different fabric types you want to practice with – we will provide fabric scraps if you are unable to bring any.
- Sewing kit (Fabric scissors, pins, tailor’s chalk or other marker, ruler, tape measure, unpicker) - we will have tools to borrow for the day if you choose not to bring your own.
- Lunch
What is included?
- Tuition from Julia Hincks, best selling author of ‘The Overlocker Technique Manual’
- Tea, coffee and biscuits
- Fabric to practice on
- Overlockers to use (if you don’t have your own)
- A day of learning and fun
Class size
6
Teacher
Julia is a teacher, author and lover of yarn and fabric crafts. She's been sewing, knitting and crocheting for as long as she can remember. She learned her crafts like many others from her mother and grandmothers and loves passing these skills onto other people.
After completing a degree in Business and Management, Julia qualified as a mathematics teacher at Cambridge University in 2001 and has worked in education ever since, teaching at schools and colleges across Sussex. Julia has always sewn, knitted and crocheted and in 2006 she completed a Diploma in Art and Design, specialising in Fashion and Pattern Cutting.
In 2008 Julia began teaching creative crafts to adults at City College in Brighton and has also worked at a number of other adult education centres in the city. In 2014 her first book 'The Overlocker Technique Manual' was published and has become a bestselling craft book. Her second book 'The Coverstitch Technique Manual' was published in September 2021.
Refreshments
Tea, coffee and biscuits/snacks will be available throughout the class. We recommend that you bring lunch with you as there are not many options to purchase lunch nearby.
We have a fridge and microwave here at the studio.
Photography
Photographs are sometimes taken during the class for promotion purposes. If you would prefer not to be photographed, please let us know.
About Our Studio
Our Sewing classes are all held in our sunny sewing studio in Brighton & Hove. Our Sewing studio is easily accessible by train or bus from Brighton. We also have parking on site.
Accessibility
Our studio is only accessible by stairs.
For those who wish to purchase fabric on the day, we offer a 10% discount. If you would like to order your fabric before the class, please email us for a discount code.
If you have any questions, please Contact us
