Summer Sewing Club (Ages 8–12, and 13 -16) — Weekly Sewing Projects

Engaging hands-on sewing sessions to learn hand & machine sewing + simple fabric design, and take home a finished item each week
About this Event

Summer Sewing Club is a creative and fun weekly workshop for children aged 8–12 (AM), and 13 -16 (PM) to help build confidence in making skills, reduces screen time, foster social interaction in a creative setting, to support positive feedback between ages, encourage mentoring skills, and promote good mental health through making. Each 90-minute session focuses on a mini project, so participants leave with an item they’ve made themselves—perfect for building confidence and skills while having fun.

Across the summer, children will learn:

• Sewing basics: threading needles, knots, seams, hems, simple fastenings, decorative stitches, basic construction techniques
• Machine sewing skills (in selected sessions, age/ability dependent)
• Measuring, cutting safely, pinning, and using simple patterns/templates
• Printing and stencilling on fabric to personalise their work
• Finishing techniques so projects look neat and “properly made”

Dates (Thursdays)

Every Thursday from 23 July to 27 August

• Thu 23 July
• Thu 30 July
• Thu 6 August
• Thu 13 August
• Thu 20 August
• Thu 27 August

AM group (8 to 12 year olds) starts at 11.30
PM group (13 to 16 year olds) starts at 14:00

Class size / price

• 8 places per session AM or PM (small group, lots of guidance)
• £11.55 per child, per session

What they’ll make

Each week we’ll complete a sewn project, often with options so beginners and more confident sewers are both challenged. Participants will take their finished item home with them at the end of each session. All fabrics and sundries supplied.