Sewing course: boost your sewing confidence
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Sewing course: boost your sewing confidence
Learn to create garments that fit! Sew a dress or a jacket completely from scratch or get help adapting a garment so that it fits like a glove. You get help to develop patterns based on your own measurements and receive support in the steps all the way from pattern adaptation and cutting to sewing and finishing. Course leader Karin Eldforsen helps you build on the skills you need to create clothes that fit and shows you how to make the details that make your finished garment look great. During two days, you get support where you need it. Should you want to develop your skills even more you can combine the two sewing weekends plannded this fall. You would then have time to work on your own between classes and discover where you want to improve.
You'll learn
- Sew a garment or change/customize something you already have. Make your own pattern.
- The details that make stylish garments. Use hand sewing where it makes a difference.
- Make friends with your sewing machine.
Included
Paper for drafting patterns and access to all basic textile tool included. Theree will be coffee, tea and simple vegan fika for every meeting. You are welcome to bring your own snacks.
Structure
Total time 10h, divided into 2 occasions
Each meeting gets a theme based on the needs of the participants. Before the course starts, we will ask you to tell us what you want to sew or get help with and Karin will prepare the teaching based on that.
Please note
We recommend that you bring your own sewing machine to become friends with it. Sewing machine, overlock and cutting table are also available on site.
Hosted by
Karin Eldforsen is an artisan who mainly works in natural materials such as silk, wool, linen, leather, bookbinding material, goat hair, horsetail and a lot of metal mesh. With a number of textile educations, e.g. from Forsa Folkhögskola, she has also supplemented these with a subject qualification in Textile Crafts from Umeå University. Her deep textile and educational skills are complemented by a great ability to motivate and inspire. Photo of Karin by Mia Widell
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1700 kr/person
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Your can cancel or reschedule your booking up to 10 day(s) before start. You can always transfer your seat, even if there are less than 10 day(s) left. Read more
The location
Blå Huset, Norra Grängesbergsgatan 15, Malmö
Train to Persborg or Rosengård station (we are about halfway between). Bus 5 from Malmö C to stop Annelund, from there approx. 5 min walk.