Beginners Sewing: Working a Basic Pattern from T-Shirt Material (PEN24T100)

Arts and Crafts

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Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Wednesday, 4 June 2025

End date: Wednesday, 9 July 2025

Number of weeks: 6

Time: 13:00 - 16:00

Tutor: Claire Trelfa

Venue: Penrith Library
Venue address: St Andrews Churchyard, Penrith, Cumbria. CA11 7YA

Full fee: £108.00
Concessionary fee: £54.00
Staff fee: £91.80

About the course:

This course is part of the Beginners Textile skills series. It is designed to support you to grow in your machine sewing confidence. You will work with a simple pattern to construct a piece of clothing from t-shirt material (jersey fabric) exploring methods to handle stretch material. Taking flat cloth, cutting, stitching, and shaping it into a simple garment you can add to your wardrobe. This course focuses on developing your knowledge and understanding of working with a sewing pattern, utilising stretch fabric to create a simple garment sewn together on your sewing machine. You will attend the weekly sessions in our pop-up sewing studio, bringing along your own sewing machine, so you build confidence in sewing construction and your own machine. On completion of the course, you will have made a simple item of clothing working at your own pace with the support and guidance of your tutor. We aim to complete a simple garment within the six weeks in the studio time, so you are fully supported - you work at your own pace. If you are feeling confident, you can progress at home and gain tutor feedback in the following session. Further direction will be given should you gain your sewing confidence quickly; your tutor will support you to develop additional enhancement details you can experiment with.

How will the course be delivered?

This course will be delivered by our highly experienced textiles tutor Claire Trelfa, face to face in a pop-up studio space with tutor guidance. Teaching will use examples, demonstrations and supported hands-on experience.

What do I need to bring?

Stretch fabric old t-shirts or t-shirt material. Simple pattern for a clothing item from stretch fabric and your own sewing machine.

What are the entry requirements?

None: this is a beginners level course

What can I do next?

You can progress to other Beginner’s sewing machine courses or sustainable textile courses with Adult Learning.

How well am I doing?

Your tutor will tell you how you are doing in the sessions and your progress will be recorded in your Individual Progress Record. You will work with your tutor to identify any particular areas that you want to improve, and your tutor will support you to achieve your goals. There will be ongoing reflective practice through your re imagined clothing projects.

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Enquiries

Centre: Penrith Adult Learning
Contact number: 07468 709606
Email address: penrithadultlearning@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk