Get Started with Bag Making Workshop
My bags always fit me! Sometimes dressmaking can get frustrating with all the bust measurements and tweaking. I get it! Bag making is glorious because generally you can sew it exactly as the pattern states - bliss!
The headaches, however, come from the steep learning curve that is the supplies! Bags need hardware. Interfacing is not the same as stabiliser and zips that aren’t attached to the zipper tape! It’s a lot - I know!
With this workshop we’ll start with an easy project. The reason being that you’ll get to learn all the terminology and techniques without the added stress of sewing tricky seams.
I’ll show you how to put on zipper pulls, what interfacing to use, which stabilisers are used and for what. Together we’ll get to the share in the nervous excitement of “birthing” your first bag!
Location: Sam Dales & Sons, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire.
Dates: Saturday 5th July 2025
Times: 12:00-16:00 (4 hours)
Price: £45 per person per workshop
Adults only - maximum 8.
Materials provided to make a lined zippered make-up bag.
What is bring: enthusiasm and a domestic sewing machine and maybe a notebook for jotting down useful tips and tricks.
NOTE: this workshop is not suitable for complete beginners. You need to be familiar with sewing machines with an interest in expanding your skillset into bag making.
My bags always fit me! Sometimes dressmaking can get frustrating with all the bust measurements and tweaking. I get it! Bag making is glorious because generally you can sew it exactly as the pattern states - bliss!
The headaches, however, come from the steep learning curve that is the supplies! Bags need hardware. Interfacing is not the same as stabiliser and zips that aren’t attached to the zipper tape! It’s a lot - I know!
With this workshop we’ll start with an easy project. The reason being that you’ll get to learn all the terminology and techniques without the added stress of sewing tricky seams.
I’ll show you how to put on zipper pulls, what interfacing to use, which stabilisers are used and for what. Together we’ll get to the share in the nervous excitement of “birthing” your first bag!
Location: Sam Dales & Sons, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire.
Dates: Saturday 5th July 2025
Times: 12:00-16:00 (4 hours)
Price: £45 per person per workshop
Adults only - maximum 8.
Materials provided to make a lined zippered make-up bag.
What is bring: enthusiasm and a domestic sewing machine and maybe a notebook for jotting down useful tips and tricks.
NOTE: this workshop is not suitable for complete beginners. You need to be familiar with sewing machines with an interest in expanding your skillset into bag making.
My bags always fit me! Sometimes dressmaking can get frustrating with all the bust measurements and tweaking. I get it! Bag making is glorious because generally you can sew it exactly as the pattern states - bliss!
The headaches, however, come from the steep learning curve that is the supplies! Bags need hardware. Interfacing is not the same as stabiliser and zips that aren’t attached to the zipper tape! It’s a lot - I know!
With this workshop we’ll start with an easy project. The reason being that you’ll get to learn all the terminology and techniques without the added stress of sewing tricky seams.
I’ll show you how to put on zipper pulls, what interfacing to use, which stabilisers are used and for what. Together we’ll get to the share in the nervous excitement of “birthing” your first bag!
Location: Sam Dales & Sons, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire.
Dates: Saturday 5th July 2025
Times: 12:00-16:00 (4 hours)
Price: £45 per person per workshop
Adults only - maximum 8.
Materials provided to make a lined zippered make-up bag.
What is bring: enthusiasm and a domestic sewing machine and maybe a notebook for jotting down useful tips and tricks.
NOTE: this workshop is not suitable for complete beginners. You need to be familiar with sewing machines with an interest in expanding your skillset into bag making.