This popular one-day workshop will give you the know-how and confidence to work with high end fabrics such as chiffon and silk satin.
Book ticketsLed by Zandra Rhodes’ dressmaker Jolanta Cerniauskiene, this popular one-day workshop will give you the know-how and confidence to work with high-end fabrics such as chiffon and silk satin.
Using a domestic sewing machine, you will learn a range of techniques such as French seam, pin hem, machine rolled hem with and without fishline, bias cut binding, button loops, satin stitch and pockets time permitting. You will come away with your own samples for each technique learnt in the class.
This workshop is open to anyone who knows how to use a sewing machine. Please bring a notebook to take notes.
Numbers are limited for this workshop, please book early to avoid disappointment. If you have any questions regarding this workshop, please get in touch.
The Fashion and Textile Museum operates in line with all government guidance in relation to COVID-19. We regularly review our procedures and practices in order to ensure the safety and well-being of our visitors and staff. If you are displaying COVID-19 symptoms or have tested positive, please do not visit.
Confirmation email: Once you have made a booking, you will receive a confirmation email detailing all the information you will need prior to your workshop. You will also receive a reminder email one week prior to your workshop.
Registration: Please check your confirmation email for the registration time of your workshop. If the registration time for your workshop is before 11am, please ring the intercom on arrival. For health and safety reasons, it is not possible to admit participants earlier than the registration time.
On arrival: Upon entry, please present your ticket(s) on your device or a note of your booking reference number.
Eating and drinking: No food or drink is permitted in the Museum, other than bottled water. The Fashion and Textile Museum is located in the heart of fashionable Bermondsey Street, surrounded by award-winning restaurants, cafes and pubs. So if you would like to enjoy a meal or a drink before or after your session, check out what’s on offer.
For more information, check out our plan your visit page or our FAQs.
We are currently updating our online payment systems and you will not be able to book tickets online until further notice.
Please call the Museum on 020 7407 8664 or email fashiontextilemuseum@newham.ac.uk (including a contact number), Monday to Friday 10.00 to 16.00 to book your tickets or buy products from the online shop.
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