ALTERATIONS & UPCYCLING TECHNIQUES

Service Description

Are you able to use a sewing machine with confidence and sew in a straight line? Would you like to be able to alter and upcycle your clothes to breathe some new life into them and learn how to reshape them so they fit well? Then this course is for you! Come and join this full day class and learn invaluable alterations and upcycling techniques to build up the basic skills you need to alter your clothes, revamp your wardrobe and save a tonne of money! The course will consist of practical demonstrations followed by time for you to practice the techniques and alter some of your clothes in the remaining time. What you will learn How to mark, unpick and pin alterations into place How to insert elastic and stop it from twisting How to take in or let out garments including adjusting waistbands How to take up and let down hems How to fix gaping necklines and reduce big shoulders How to hem jeans How to create different types of hems both by hand and on the sewing machine How to transform and reshape garments using different upcycling techniques and much more!

Contact Details

• Lytham St Annes, Lytham Saint Annes, UK

  07482694553

  geeneesboutique@yahoo.com

• Abingdon Street, Blackpool FY1 1DE, UK

  07743099909

  geeneesboutique@yahoo.com