Workshops
Stretch T-Shirt
Create your own stretch jersey T-shirt! You’ll use an overlocker, so your jersey garment will be springy and robust – rather than baggy and saggy. (Unlike overlockers, sewing machines can’t create truly stretchy seams).
You’ll begin the class with an overview of how stretch fabrics are constructed, choose a perfectly-sized (and right on trend!) bat wing-style pattern with short or 3/4 length sleeve variations, pin and cut, then get stitching! You’ll take home a T-shirt of your own creation, plus the paper pattern so you can stitch more at home.
This is a great workshop to learn about sewing with knits and to have the opportunity to try out – or further – your overlocking skills. Please note: Although experience using an overlocker is recommended, it’s not essential. We’ll thread up the machines for you and walk you through stitching steps. (IIf you’d like to learn to use an overlocker from the ground up, try our Overlocking Made Easy class.)
- Level: Advanced beginner
- Course length: One 3.5-hour session
Materials needed
Please bring the following supplies to class in order to complete your project:
Fabric: 1.6 m of 150 cm wide plain or printed stretch jersey fabric.
- Session 1: Saturday 18 February, 10:30am—2:00pm
- Teacher: Amy Fleuriot
- Fee: £46.00
- Location: Venue 2
- Availability: 6 places left
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- Session 1: Thursday 15 March, 6:30pm—10:00pm
- Teacher: Amy Fleuriot
- Fee: £46.00
- Location: Venue 2
- Availability: 8 places left
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Additional information
Amy Fleuriot took her first dress making class at age 13 and from that day on made it her mission to learn to make everything she possibly could. “I always look at things and think, I could do that,’ she says. ‘I get such satisfaction from trying out new crafts and techniques.’ After taking City & Guilds classes in Millinery, Embroidery and Upholstery, Amy went on to study a degree in Fashion Accessories at The London College of Fashion, where she was inspired to start her own business, Cyclodelic. She now works from her studio and shop on Columbia Road designing and making stylish sportswear and accessories. Amy’s cycling accessories have been spotlighted in The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian and Easy Living Magazine and she has collaborated with design icons such as Zandra Rhodes and Eley Kishimoto to produce accessories for their collections.
