Online Courses

Beginners Sewing – Online Course

Our beginners course 1 is now available online. This course is packed with detailed videos and written workbooks, designed to teach you how to sew from the comfort of your home.

Course Content

Functions of a sewing machine

1. Intro of the functions of the sewing machine

2. Bobbin filling and Lower threading

3. Upper threading

4. Straight Stitching Foot Control

5. Backtacking

6. Pivots

7. Zig zag

8. Overlocking

9. Find your correct size

10. Replacing the sewing machine needle

11. Attaching and changing presser foot

12. Front loader sewing machine & Lower thread Bernette

Drawstring Bag

1. Placing and cutting of patterns Drawstring Bag

2. Turning and sewing edges Drawstring bag

3. Making channels Drawstring bag

4. Side seam Drawstring bag

5. Inserting the cord Drawstring bag

Wrapover Skirt

1.a. Wrapover Skirt Various Method

1.b. Layout and Cutting of Patterns Size 2 Wrapover Skirt

1.c. Layout and Cutting of Patterns Size 16 Wrapover Skirt

2. Front Wrapover Skirt

3. Side seams Wrapover Skirt

4.a. Waistband and Ties – Wrapover Skirt

4.b. Waistband and Ties – Wrapover Skirt

5. Loops Optional Wrapover skirt

6. Button hole Wrapover Skirt

7. Hem Wrapover Skirt

Shelltop

1. Layout and cutting Shelltop

2. Preparing facings Shelltop

3. Sewing shoulders Shelltop

4. Sewing facings for neckline Shelltop

5. Overlocking Shelltop

6. Sewing neckline Pinning sewing neckline Shelltop

7. Sewing neckline Shelltop

8. Clipping seams of neckline Shelltop

9. Pressing seam of neckline Shelltop

10. Understitch on Neckline Shelltop

11. Sewing facings to shoulder seams Shelltop

12. Side Seams Shelltop

13. Sewing Slits Shelltop

14. Sleeve hem and Shelltop hem Shell top

Cushion Cover

1. Pattern Pieces and Cutting Cushion Cover

2. Zip Cushion Cover

3.a. Cushion Cover

3.b. Cushion Cover

R 3500 (Including Fabrics, Patterns and sewing accessories)

What the course entails

This exciting course for beginners is aimed at people who have little to no experience in sewing or using a sewing machine. We will equip you with the skills and language of essential sewing to enable you to read and follow a commercial pattern and to understand and complete a project. This course gives you a strong foundation in sewing therefore you will be able to sew your own garments, gifts, and projects and even build a business of your own from it. This course will open a vast new world of ideas, for you to implement for your own benefit.

What you will learn

Learn how to thread and operate a sewing machine. Experience the thrill of overlocking your projects. Learn how to take measurements and find the correct pattern size. Thereafter, learn how to trace a particular size from a master pattern and lengthen or shorten a pattern according to preference. Learn how to execute straight stitching, zig zag, back tacks, pivots, seams, hems and overlocking as well as how to use the various interesting features on the sewing machine. Learn the placing, pinning and cutting of pattern pieces onto fabric using grainlines and selvedges. This course will also show you how to use interfacings and fusings, how to master necklines, facings and slits; and correct way to insert a zip.