Description
Sew your own bamboo jersey knickers! Join us at Ash Farm for a relaxed, hands-on workshop where you’ll design, cut, and stitch your own custom-fit briefs. Lunch included, machine sewing experience required.
What you will need to bring:
– A sewing machine WITH stretch needles. Some sewing machine experience is necessary for this class (changing stitch lengths, widths and threading your machine, troubleshooting).
– Machine note: You may not be able to change the stitch widths on some very basic domestic sewing machines. It is still totally possible to come to the class with one, and you can still sample all the finishes, but this may affect your final design choice as some finishes will work better than others!
– you might want to wear a fitting garment, such as leggings, in case you want to try any samples on for size.
– You may want to bring small decorations (ribbons or beads) of your choice to finish the knicker. Some may be provided on the day, but this is totally up to you!
How the day will run:
10:00am – Meet the tutor and run through the brief
10:30am – Begin sample making: elastic attachment and stitch sampling
11:30am – Try-on and size selection / break
12:00pm – Designing: fabric & elastic selection, tracing blocks, finalising patterns and cutting out fabric
1:00pm – Lunch, homemade in the cafe by Sian!
2.00pm – Cutting your fabrics
2.30pm – Sew your final piece
4:30pm – Finish
Florence –
I recently had the pleasure of attending a knicker workshop at ash farm. The tutor Emily was patient and so helpful she provided us with lots of detail so that it was easy to understand each step of the process.
She provided beautiful materials so I was able to make exactly what I wanted. I loved her designs and I am now the proud owner of my own handmade knickers! Very happy.
Thank you!
Deryn –
Such a fab workshop – I learnt so many transferable skills and had so much fun along the way! Great fabrics and choices of elastic, beautiful location at the farm, and Emily’s teaching is wonderful.
Karen –
What a great day! So much fun and came away with a really comfortable pair of pants!! The fabric Emily provided is so soft and a full range of beautiful laces to choose from to provide contrast and finish them beautifully. Emily taught us so well and provided us with the pattern to take home so I’m all prepared to make some more!! Thank you Emily.
R. Sharples –
This was astonishing! Emily was so thorough and engaging in the way she explained everything and demonstrated the techniques. I highly recommend this to anyone who like me who has a machine and wants to learn new skills to be able to use it more often. By the end of the day, not only did I have a pair of handmade pants, but I had new skills and a sense of renewed enthusiasm transferred from Emily’s passion! I would definitely do this again!
Isabella –
I had such a great day at Emily’s workshop! We enjoyed a beautiful creative space, with a friendly atmosphere and warm encouraging environment. I have used sewing machines before for one-off projects, but Emily’s thorough explanation of each stage ensured that everyone knew what they were doing. It was very fun and we learnt a lot about different types of lace and how to use them, thanks to Emily’s extensive knowledge. The lunch served by Sian was delicious. You’ll never buy knickers again!
Lisa Jenkins –
A really brilliant day – Emily just has so much knowledge and information to share and her experience, patience and enthusiasm made the day so enjoyable. Perfectly set up, with opportunities to experiment on the beautiful fabric and lace/edging that Emily had brought with her with a really informative hand out. It was also great to learn more about pattern making and labelling as well as making a bespoke pair of knickers !!
Sian has created a wonderful space for workshops like this with lovely facilities and outstanding food and treats!
caroline (verified owner) –
Thank you for a brilliant day!
Helen Roberts –
What a great day! Thoroughly enjoyed Emily’s wonderful knicker workshop. She is such a lovely teacher, so patient, knowledgeable, personable and talented.
Great to have our own block and to have made such a great pair of knickers!
Bra to follow next !