New 2018 MAC Courses
Really happy to announce some new courses for the Spring/ Summer season at MAC Birmingham. As well as my usual workshops, I'm introducing the 'make a vintage style dress' 2 day workshop to the mix.
In this course, you can bring a classic vintage pattern with you (we recommend the Butterwick Ladies Easy Sewing Pattern 6094 Vintage style Dress Pattern) and some fabric of your choice, and I will take you through the process of how to work with a commercial pattern, how to make necessary changes and how to construct your piece.
To book your place on any of the courses below, head over to MACBirmingham.co.uk or to the courses page on my website for the direct page links.
If you have any questions about any of the courses i teach, please get in touch on studio@sianriley.co.uk as I would love to here from you!
Hope to see you soon!
Rescheduled Pattern Drafting Class at the Sewing Cafe
Due to the terrible weather (when I was snowed in!), the 2nd pattern drafting session had to be rescheduled and joined the 3rd session for a complete day of pattern cutting on Saturday.
Final fittings for the skirts and trousers were conducted in the morning and everyone worked well to make the minor amendments to their patterns before their final makes in the afternoon. Trousers can be difficult to fit and can at times be a bit of trial and error. To help explain the changes I was making in the fittings, I used some great alteration examples that I have collected on my 'Fittings' Pinterest board. You can take a look at it here.
Once final fabric was prepared (always press and steam your final fabric to eliminate potential stretch/ shrinkage issues!!), everyone worked really hard to try and complete their final pieces. Take a look at everyone's progress on my Instagram feed below...
Final fittings for the skirts and trousers were conducted in the morning and everyone worked well to make the minor amendments to their patterns before their final makes in the afternoon. Trousers can be difficult to fit and can at times be a bit of trial and error. To help explain the changes I was making in the fittings, I used some great alteration examples that I have collected on my 'Fittings' Pinterest board. You can take a look at it here.
Once final fabric was prepared (always press and steam your final fabric to eliminate potential stretch/ shrinkage issues!!), everyone worked really hard to try and complete their final pieces. Take a look at everyone's progress on my Instagram feed below...
CANCELLED: Today's Pattern Drafting class at the Sewing Cafe
Due to the extreme weather, (who'd have thought we would have such bad snow in March!) this afternoons class at The Sewing Cafe has unfortunately had to be cancelled. We will be rescheduling the session shortly. Looking forward to seeing everyone toiles soon!
Kids February Half Term courses at MAC Birmingham
Its that time again to begin my Spring teaching season at MAC Birmingham.
First up was the Introduction to Sewing for Young People one day course. Lots of wonderful doodle tote bags were created with some amazing original artwork and there was even time to make some mini-zip up purses.
The following day saw another sold out Introduction to Sewing Juniors class. As a number of students have been to this class before, I introduced some brand new mini-MAC mascots to the sewing family. To add to the current toy menagerie, there is now a mermaid, a unicorn, a fairy, a seahorse and a dolphin! Everyone created some lovely makes; take a look at some of them below!
First up was the Introduction to Sewing for Young People one day course. Lots of wonderful doodle tote bags were created with some amazing original artwork and there was even time to make some mini-zip up purses.
The following day saw another sold out Introduction to Sewing Juniors class. As a number of students have been to this class before, I introduced some brand new mini-MAC mascots to the sewing family. To add to the current toy menagerie, there is now a mermaid, a unicorn, a fairy, a seahorse and a dolphin! Everyone created some lovely makes; take a look at some of them below!
If you missed out on the Sewing Juniors course, do not worry! This is running again in the Easter Holidays. To book your place, head over to the website link below:
(*Please note: the Sewing Juniors course does not use sewing machines)
Introduction to Sewing Juniors (Friday 13th April, 10am-3pm, 6-11 years):
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