Pattern Prep & Fabric Cutting Workshop
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✂️ Cut out your fabric with confidence ✂️
Once you start stitching, mistakes can be unpicked, but it’s harder to recover from early errors like incorrect layup, cutting the wrong size, or missing pattern pieces. To help you get off on the right foot, we’ve created these hands-on prep sessions where you bring in any pattern you want.
In this three-hour workshop, a maximum of four participants will cut out their next sewing project under expert supervision.
Workshop Plan:
- Reviewing each participant's pattern, which view is being made and important points
- Taking the right measurements, assessing the finished measurements and selecting the size to make
- Preparing patterns - shortening/lengthening, blending between sizes, cutting out or tracing off
- Laying up pattern pieces - reviewing cutting instructions, understanding the grainline
- Cutting technique and transferring markings
- Confirming the supplies and notions required
- Reviewing a plan of attack
Grab the project you've been planning to create and make it happen with the added support you need. You could then join our FreeStyle Sessions to complete your project at your own pace.
Please note that fabric, notions, haberdashery, pattern-making paper, etc, are not supplied.
We have all the tools you'll need. Each participant is set up with fabric shears, pins, weights, rulers, tape measures, and stationery if needed... there is no need to lug around your whole sewing kit. We've taken care of it all.
Details
You will learn
- How to cut out your sewing project correctly
- Selecting the right size to make
- Laying out pattern pieces correctly and planning out the project
You will get
- The start of a successful sewing project
- Maximum 4 participants
Appropriate for
You've chosen your project and fabric, you want help selecting the size to make, confirming the correct pattern lay up and appreciate cutting out with supervision.
Preparation
What to bring
- Your fabric and pattern
What to wear
Casual
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Your Teacher
Thread Den
2417 reviewsLearn to sew, craft and create with Thread Den, located on Melbourne's vibrant Brunswick Street in Fitzroy. Since 2007, we've spent almost 20 years helping students start from the very beginning, level up their skills, and find their own unique style.
Coming to Thread Den feels like learning from a friend, a super nice, clever one, alongside a small group of fellow sewists. Everything you need is right there waiting for you: lovely big cutting tables, smooth-running Janomes with plenty of feet and accessories, inspiring resources, and friendly people to chat to along the way.
Your teachers bring years of experience, their own labels and businesses, and a genuine love of sharing their skills and craftsmanship with you.
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Cancellations & Refunds
If the organiser cancels the class:
You are entitled to a full refund.
If you can't attend the class:
You’re welcome to send someone in your place.
OR
- A refund can be requested 1 day before class starts. An admin fee of AU$35.00 applies.
- A transfer can be requested 4 days before the class starts. An admin fee of AU$10.00 applies.
- A credit note can be requested 4 days before the class starts. An admin fee of AU$10.00 applies.
No changes will be allowed after these times.
Terms & Conditions
Attendance & Preparation
Taking part in a workshop at Thread Den is fun, and we love teaching people our craft, but it''s your responsibility to clear your diary for the session(s) you''ve booked, especially if your course runs across multiple weeks. To finish your project, you''ll need to attend every session and arrive on time. Unfortunately, we can''t go back over material already covered, as it wouldn''t be fair to your fellow participants.
Please bear with us on this next point: our workshops and courses are usually booked out weeks in advance, so it isn''t always possible to simply move you into another session. If a suitable class is running and has space, we''ll try to offer you a discounted spot to help you catch up. If that''s not an option, you may need to book a private lesson to stay on track.
We also won''t chase you up to confirm you''re coming to class or that you have the right supplies. Most workshops require you to bring your own materials; we only offer a supplies kit at an additional cost for the Sewing Basics 3 Week Course. If you''re ever unsure what to bring, just email us at info@threadden.com and we''ll point you in the right direction.
We want you to love what you make just as much as we do, so please take our fabric recommendations seriously. Choosing a fabric suited to a more advanced skill level can make the experience frustrating rather than fun.
We do our best to answer common questions in each workshop description, but please don''t hesitate to email us with anything else. And we''d genuinely love to see the fabric you''re considering, we''re always happy to point you toward our favourite fabric and haberdashery suppliers.
Thanks for reading through the finer details, we appreciate it.
Our cancellation and refund policy is presented during the booking process.
Medical Events
Your safety and wellbeing are important to us. We reserve the right to make decisions necessary to protect the safety of all participants, this may include calling an ambulance on your behalf and at your expense.
Course Cancellations
- Classes are subject to sufficient enrolment (usually a minimum of 2 participants).
- We reserve the right to cancel any scheduled course.
This policy is also available on our website: threadden.com/about/bookings-and-cancellations-policy
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