✂️ Design & create a piece with Nikki Mallalieu, a well-known industry expert and author in pattern making and millinery & bag making.
- Date: Sunday, MAY 17th
- Time: 10-3pm
- Duration: 5 hrs
- Format: In-person, hands-on workshop, Maximum 8
- Location: 92 Leveson Street, North Melbourne
- Skill level: A working knowledge of sewing and machine use
Suited to
This course is designed for all sewing enthusiasts with an understanding of basic techniques who are ready to elevate their craft.
If you have experience with simple sewing projects and would like to refine your skills, this one-day workshop will offer new ways to use your skill to make fabric hats.
It is ideal for those looking to expand their sewing repertoire and tackle more detailed construction techniques with confidence.
Overview
In this one-day workshop, Nikki Mallalieu will teach you how to take a basic tote design and customise it with fabric choices and design details to suit your needs and personality. Along the way, you’ll learn tips and tricks for creating structure, reducing seam bulk and achieving a sharp, professional edge on a fabric bag. We’ll explore ways to construct straps and pockets, hardware and interfacing options, as well as techniques and tools that help make things easier.
The resulting bag will be individual, wearable and durable, and the skills will be transferable to future projects.
This workshop is suitable for adventurous beginners through to experienced sewists who want to refine their techniques, experiment with design, and walk away with a unique, professionally finished bag and a toolkit of skills they can use repeatedly.
What you will learn
By the end of the workshop, you will have developed practical skills to make fabric bags and have learned multiple techniques transferable to other types of garments and accessories
Fabric choices
- Understand what is needed in making bags.
Cutting & assembling
- Correct cutting and construction of a fabric bag
- Internal finishing and pockets
- Trim options
Finishing Techniques
- Trim options and ideas
Materials needed
Please bring your own fabric if you have some; otherwise, we will have short-end surplus fabrics available. You will need 1 metre of fabric for the outer layer and 1 metre for the lining. Zips and fusing will be provided, please bring a reel of thread of you have specific color needs.
Recommended items to bring:
- Scissors
- Pins
- Fabric marking tools
- Any additional personal sewing supplies you prefer to use
What's included
- All materials if you wish to use those provided, we also encourage you to bring your own cloth
- zips and fusings, an assortment of thread colours
- Patterns to use and simple guidelines for sewing
- Access to industrial sewing machines and domestic overlockers (or BYO if you prefer)
- Light refreshments
Learn more about Nikki here.
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Inclusivity Statement
The Pattern Making Class welcomes participants of all backgrounds, identities, and skill levels, including trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming individuals. We strive to create an inclusive and supportive environment for everyone.