Next Steps with Your Sewing Machine at Abakhan Mostyn

Take your sewing skills to the next level with our Next Steps with the Sewing Machine Class! This class is perfect for those who are comfortable with the basics and want to expand their skills to tackle more complex sewing projects.

What You’ll Learn:

• Advanced Stitching Techniques: Learn decorative stitches, buttonholes, and topstitching for polished results.
• Working with Challenging Fabrics: Tips for sewing knits, denim, and lightweight fabrics.
• Seam and Hem Finishes: Explore French seams, bias binding, and clean hems for professional-quality work.
• Project-Based Practice: Create a functional or decorative item to showcase your new skills.
• Machine Adjustments: Learn how to fine-tune tension and settings for specific projects.

Why Attend:

This class will help you build confidence, refine your techniques, and introduce you to new creative possibilities. With expert guidance and hands-on practice, you’ll leave with the skills and knowledge to approach intermediate sewing projects with ease.

Whether you’re making garments, accessories, or home decor, this class is your next step toward sewing success!

Skill level: Basic sewing machine skills required.

What to bring:

• 0.5 metre of calico or light weight cotton or a bit of each.
• 0.3 metre of fleece
• 0.3 metre of jersey (or bring an old t-shirt)
• 1 x 20cm zip
• 0.5 metre of piping cord no.2 (wider if you can’t get no.2)
• 0.25 metre of ready made jersey cuff
• 0.5 metre of 8 - 10mm elastic

Or if you have scraps of fabrics left over from your sewing projects, please bring them as they can be used for making your samples. The aim of this workshop is to increase you knowledge of using a variety of fabrics. So if you have these already, that will do.

Janome sewing machines will be provided on the day along with a hot drink. You will also receive a 10% discount card to use in-store.

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Tutor : Molly Brown

I have delivered workshops with Abakhan since 2017, but experimented, played and worked with textiles since childhood. This interest has remained an important part of my life, from making Christmas presents on my Nana’s old treadle machine; to teaching multiple skills at the Knitting & Stitching Shows, as well as Festival of Quilts.

After a 35 year career as an Occupational Therapist in the NHS, I changed direction in 2016 and focused more on teaching skills to others and working on my own projects.

I have mastered a wide repertoire of skills in both Knitting and Sewing. I teach a wide range of knitting techniques, from Entrelac to Magic Loop. But sewing is where my strongest passion lies. The back bone of this is in making clothes. However, I have a keen interest in exploring the variety of ways to embellish fabrics, especially by Shisha, free motion embroidery and Quilting. It might look like these are all just different tangled threads, but my aim is to bring it all together into a beautiful fabric of coherent and unique wearable art.