Know your Sewing Machine Workshop 27th April 2024

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27th April saw our first workshop- Know you Sewing Machine. The tutor, Pauline along with 12 attendees worked together to get to grips with their machines. 

Juliet and Joy arrived early to put the tables up and start the hot water for tea and coffee, most important! 

Pauline certainly knew her stuff! 


Everyone learned something, Pauline helped everyone with tips/tricks from looking after their machine to using their attachments and feet, helping everyone through their manual- very soon everyone was creating pin tucks. 


  The project was not finished in one day but everyone went away much more confident and ready to complete it using their  instruction leaflet.  


This is an example of one of the bags the ladies were working on, everyone enjoyed making the box windows (they have fabric behind them) using cut work. 


Cutting out the windows.


Adding the coloured fabric behind the window. 


This is a second side of the bag showing tucks. 


Two sides completed, the third underway. 


Using previously unused embroidery stitches- I bet you have always wondered what those buttons would do. 

Completing the embroidery and adding buttonholes. 



So you can see how much we all learned. 


Thank you Pauline and thank you to everyone who made this a great day. 


We are hoping to have Pauline back with us soon - we will keep you posted. 










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