Beautiful Bridal – 3 day course Learn all about making bridal gowns from Sheila-May, who has been making bespoke bridal gowns for over 30 years and had her dresses featured in various articles, including on the cover of ‘You and Your Wedding’ magazine! Learn the process of construction of gowns, make samples of boned bodices, [...]
Archive for March, 2012
Tailoring Workshops and Courses
March 18th, 2012 
Sheila Speed Tailoring When making a tailored jacket extensive use of interfacings is necessary as interfacings form the skeletal framework of the jacket. Several types of interfacing are used in a single jacket to control and maintain the shape. Speed tailoring does not use the time consuming hand stitched methods of applying interfacing. During this workshop [...]
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No Comments »The Chanel Jacket (Dressmaking and Tailoring Courses)
March 18th, 2012 Sheila Chanel Jacket Since Chanel first designed the beautiful tweed jacket in the 1920’s it has remained a classic investment piece costing thousands of pounds. The Chanel jacket is as light comfortable and easy to wear as a cardigan. It looks stunning teamed with jeans or a couture skirts and will almost indefinitely remain a fashion [...]
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March 14th, 2012 Sheila Speed Tailoring When making a tailored jacket extensive use of interfacings is necessary as interfacings form the skeletal framework of the jacket. Several types of interfacing are used in a single jacket to control and maintain the shape. Speed tailoring does not use the time consuming hand stitched methods of applying interfacing. During this workshop [...]
Making a classic tailored jacket
March 14th, 2012 Sheila Hi everyone, I have a new blog , stitchClever I will be writing about lots of sewing projects that I am planning to do. Click here to take a look
Embroidery Workshops in Birmingham
March 3rd, 2012 Sheila We would like to welcome Emma who joins us to teach embroidery workshops. Emma graduated with a BA (Hons) Degree in Textile Design in 2004 and has since worked as an artist/designer and has exhibited her own work in many venues across the UK. For Emma, a key part of the process is using reclaimed [...]
