Summer Sewing Club (Ages 8–16) — Weekly Mini Sewing Projects

Summer Sewing Club is a creative and fun weekly workshop for children aged 8–16 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”

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

To give families flexibility, each week’s club runs twice:

• Session A: 11:30–13:00
• Session B: 13.30–15:00

Please book the time slot you prefer.

• 10 places per session (small group, lots of guidance)
• £8 per child, per session

Each week we’ll complete a mini project, often with options so beginners and more confident sewers are both challenged. Participants will take their finished item home every session. All fabrics and sundries supplied.

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Host or Publisher Lisa Thompson