Clothes Making - Sewing Machine Techniques

Special Interest

Course options

Course Full
Course option 1
Start dateMonday 12 or Tuesday 13 September 2011
CentreBrixton
Length of course11 weeks
Course modeMondays 1.00pm - 3.00pm or Tuesdays 12.45pm - 2.45pm
CostsConcessions
Reduced fee
Standard home fee
International fee
£30
£30
£75
£300
Course Full
Course option 2
Start dateMonday 9th January or Tuesday 10 January 2012
CentreBrixton
Length of course11 weeks
Course modeMonday 1.00pm - 3.00pm or Tuesday 12.45pm - 14.45pm
CostsConcessions
Reduced fee
Standard home fee
International fee
£30
£30
£75
£300
Course Full
Course option 3
Start dateMonday 16th or Tuesday 17th April 2012
CentreBrixton
Length of course11 weeks
Course modeMonday 1.00pm - 3.00pm or Tuesday 12.45pm - 14.45pm
CostsConcessions
Reduced fee
Standard home fee
International fee
£30
£30
£75
£300

This course is for students with little or no experience of using a sewing machine.

Course content:

  • Learning to use and understanding the different functions and features of a domestic sewing machine, computerised sewing machine and domestic and commercial overlocker.
  • Compiling a variety of sewing techniques in sample form.

After this course: Made to measure/Clothes Making beginners or Soft Furnishing beginners.

For this course, you will need to provide all of your own fabrics and will need a basic sewing kit of tape measure, scissors, thread, pins and needles.

You must be aged 19 or over.

Enrolment in Person only.

Brixton Centre: 

56 Brixton Hill
London 
SW2 1QS

Enrolment Times

Monday - Friday 10am - 3pm

Tuesday & Thursday 5pm - 7pm

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