Beginners Course ONLINE - Standard Package
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£59.00
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This Online Beginners Course is available in three separate packages so you can choose exactly how much or how little support you would like.
Standard Package - £59.00 - you are currently in this package
- Step by step pre-recorded video tutorials for the four main projects in this Beginners Course.
- Extension Ideas with video tutorials on how to extend your practice of each project whilst adding more advanced features.
- Access to members only Facebook Group to share comments and your makes with others on the course.
Basic Package - £49.00
- Step by step pre-recorded video tutorials for the four main projects in this Beginners Course.
- Access to members only Facebook Group to share comments, questions and your makes with others on the course.
Premium Package - £69.00
- Step by step pre-recorded video tutorials for the four main projects in this Beginners Course.
- Extension Ideas with video tutorials on how to extend your practice of each project whilst adding more advanced features.
- Full written instructions to accompany all video tutorials and Extension Ideas, complete with hints and tips along the way.
- Access to members only Facebook Group to share comments, questions and your makes with others on the course.
- WhatsApp messaging and one-to-one calls for support from Sarah throughout this Course.
The four carefully graded projects in this course are:
At the start of the course, you will learn how to thread a machine and get started. We will then introduce and practise the skills needed to complete the following carefully graded projects where I will be on hand to demonstrate these and take you through any tricky bits:
Project 1: Reversible Tote Bag
Project 2: Pin Cushion with Oxford Border
Project 3: Envelope Cushion with Loop and Covered Button Fastening
Project 4: Flat, lined zip-up makeup (or similar) bag
Skills you will learn:
- Threading your machine (including filling the bobbin)
- Accurately measuring, marking and cutting your fabric with essential tools
- Sewing forwards and backwards
- Turning corners
- Your iron is your friend
- Changing and using sewing feet (normal and zipper)
- Choosing fabric and looking at how to place pattern in a project
- Inserting a zip
- Making your own covered buttons
- How to neatly start and finish off seams
- Stitch length and when to change it
- Hand sewing hem or ladder stitch to 'close the gap'
- Sewing a button on
- Complete confidence in ALL the basics so you can happily go on to design and make your own soft furnishing projects
- Be ready to sign up for Curtains, Roman Blinds or Box Cushion courses!
Alongside the main four projects, in addition in this Standard Package, there are extra extension ideas to expand each project even further so you can remake each project to incorporate different and more advanced features. These four first projects will then become many more as you learn to create and implement your own ideas.
Does this course feel the right match for you? Or are you still not sure? This is the Standard Package of the Beginners Course, so if you are looking for more help and support you would benefit from the Premium Package of this course which has extra help. If you would like to get in touch to have a chat with me, then please do via the Contact Page on the website and I will be happy to talk through any questions you may have.
Introduction and overview of the four main projects in the Beginners Course - Standard Package
Overview of Projects 1-4
Video 1Project 1: Reversible Tote Bag
Project 1: Reversible Tote Bag. Video 1: Overview of the project and how to measure and cut your fabric
Video 1Video 2: Copying 1st piece as a template
Video 2Video 3: Measuring and cutting the main flowery fabric
Video 3Video 4: Measuring and cutting the fabric for the handles
Video 4Video 5: Getting all the pieces together
Video 5Video 6: Folding and pressing the handles
Video 6Video 7: Sewing the folds of the handles
Video 7Video 8: Measuring and marking where the handles will be fixed
Video 8Video 9: Sewing the handles in place
Video 9Video 10: Pinning and sewing the lining and the main fabric together
Video 10Video 11: Opening out and pressing the seams and seam allowances flat
Video 11Video 12: Sew the main fabric into bag shape
Video 12Video 13: Sew lining into bag shape with opening
Video 13Video 14: Tidying up and finger press all seams open and flat
Video 14Video 15: Measuring, marking and making the flat bottom corners
Video 15Video 16: Sewing across the triangular corners and trimming
Video 16Video 17: Checking the bottom seams and the last lines of sewing to do
Video 17Video 18: Pinning and sewing the bottom gap closed
Video 18Video 19: Sewing the top stitch around the top edge of the bag
Video 19Video 20: Summing up the final product, Ta-dah!!
Video 20Extension Ideas for each of the four projects overview and ideas for Project 1
Overview of the Extension Ideas for the four projects
Video 1Video with Extension ideas for Project 1
Video 2Project 2: Pin cushion with Oxford border
Pin cushion: Video 1: Measuring and cutting the fabric
Video 1Video 2: Marking and pinning the base of the pin cushion
Video 2Video 3: Sewing the two base pieces together
Video 3Video 4: Tidying up and pressing
Video 4Video 5: Marking and sewing the base layers together
Video 5Video 6: Turning it all inside out and pressing
Video 6Video 7: Sewing the 1st border of top stitching to Oxford border
Video 7Video 8: Sewing the second border of top stitching
Video 8Video 9: Stuffing the cushion
Video 9Video 10: Putting the cardboard inside
Video 10Video 11: Sewing up the gap with hem or ladder stitch
Video 11Video 12: Optional ladder stitch to sew up the gap
Video 12Project 3: Envelope Cushion with loop and covered button
Project 3: Envelope Cushion with button and loop. Video 1: Layout for measuring and cutting
Video 1Video 2: Placement of pattern
Video 2Video 3: Making the loop
Video 3Video 4: Sewing the loop and folding it
Video 4Video 5: Marking and pinning where the loop goes
Video 5Video 6: Sewing the facing and loop onto the top fabric
Video 6Video 7: Checking pattern and placement of top and facings
Video 7Video 8: Zigzagging the facing edges
Video 8Video 9: Assembling and pinning the cushion together
Video 9Video 10: Sewing the layers together all the way round the edges
Video 10Video 11: Trimming the fraying edges ready for zizagging
Video 11Video 12: Zigzagging and empty bobbin alert!
Video 12Video 12b: Turning the cover the right way round and starting to make the button
Video 13Video 13: Making the covered button
Video 14Video 14: Stuffing the cushion into the finished cover!
Video 15Video 15: Sewing on the button and Ta-dah!
Video 16Extension Ideas for the Envelope Cushion Project
Extension ideas for the Envelope Cushion
Video 1Project 4: Lined zip up makeup (or similar) bag
Project 4: Lined zip up makeup (or similar) bag. Video 1: Measuring and cutting main lining fabric
Video 1Video 2: Getting your pieces together and preparing the zip ends
Video 2Video 3: Sewing the first piece of 'decorative end' fabric onto one zip end
Video 3Video 4: Sewing the other 'decorative end' fabric onto the other end of your zip
Video 4Video 5: Overview of sewing with a zipper foot
Video 5Video 6: Sewing one side of the zip in
Video 6Video 7: Sewing the other side of the zip in
Video 7Video 8: Tidying up and pinning main fabric together
Video 8Lesson 9: Sewing the right-hand sides together
Video 9Video 10: Sewing the left-hand sides together
Video 10Video 11: Checking the main fabric turns out ok when pushed inside out at the corners and at the ends of the zip
Video 11Video 12: Pinning and sewing the lining together
Video 12Video 13: Snipping threads and turning the whole bag inside out
Video 13Video 14: Sewing up the gap in the bottom of the lining and Ta-dah!
Video 14Extension Ideas for Project 4
Extension ideas for the zip up bag
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