Class Descriptions

This class is perfect for a raw beginner or someone who has some overlocker knowledge. My aim is to give students a greater understanding of their overlocker that allows them to continue using it at home confidently. The kit provided covers a comprehensive 23-page workbook and all fabrics required for the day. 

The course covers; four thread overlocking, understanding tensions, three thread overlocking, rolled hem, understanding differential feed, techniques for better results when stitching a circle, inside corners, outside corners, working with difficult fabrics and so many applications for rolled hem!    

Course requirements are available from the stores on booking.  

  Fabulous Flatlock is the first extension to the Learning to Love Your Overlocker course.  It is perfect for all skill levels and covers extensively flatlocking and ladder stitch. The additional pages are completed in the first part of the day, they cover wide and narrow flatlocking and various decorative applications, including ribbon work, decorative thread, beading, lace insertion and creating a blind hem stitch. 

The second part of the course is making a project; the beautiful and easy construction of a notebook cover.  The notebook cover allows you to practice and perfect some of the techniques covered in the course. 

All fabrics provided to complete the workbook and project. 

Course requirements are available from the stores on booking. 

  Sew Much More Than Just a Hem is designed to give you a better grasp of your coverstitch machine or the coverstitch side of your combination machine. The workbook provided will cover the basics such as; finishing a hem in the round, reverse coverstitch, differential feed and decorative coverstitch and chain stitch. 

The last section of the workshop is dedicated to ‘focus on you’ where students can use this time to have questions answered, seek advice on problems they may encountered, and work on getting better results with the aid of Kate. This is also an opportunity to work with accessories such as binders, folders etc. Or, use this time to work on the techniques learned in the Sew Much More Than Just a Hem workshop to explore fabric making and produce a scarf or piece of fabric using up pieces of your own stash of light weight fabrics and lots and lots of thread. 

Workbook and basic kit for the workbook provided. 

A requirements list is available from stores when booking 

Learn new skills working with your piping foot to create perfectly sized fabric inserts – ‘peepers’. Make and finish the edge of the table runner with perfect piping, use ladder stitch to embellish fabric, decorative flatlock to embellish and construct the pieced panels of this runner. A creative, project you can make more than once and for any occasion.
 

*please note a piping foot is required for this class.

Students will be required to purchase a pattern.

A requirements list is available from stores when booking.  

Suitable for all skill levels. 

 Take your overlocking skills to a new level by making this gorgeous tote bag (almost entirely on your overlocker)

On the first day, you will learn how to make fabric using thread and decorative braid using decorative thread. We then use Odicoat to glue and seal the decorative stitches. This is left to dry. 

On day two you will: make and insert piping, make the internal pocket (which includes inserting a zip), create a decorative rolled hem on the handles and construct the bag using your overlocker. 

Students will be required to purchase a pattern.

A requirements list is available from stores when booking.  

Suitable for all skill levels. 

Using techniques from Learning to Love your Overlocker create a dressy, easy to wear top.  

Two options for enhancing include; a wrap front, or a cowl insert.  The front panels can be made from woven or knit fabric. Techniques include; gathering, rolled hem as well as constructing a great fitting top. 

Coverstitch can also be used in this class as an option on the front panels and of course hemming and topstitching. The top can be made long or short sleeved. 

Students will be required to purchase a pattern sizes 8-26 (pattern includes two sleeve lengths, and two versions of the front panel).

A requirements list is available from stores when booking.  

Suitable for all skill levels and adaptable to various sizes.

This 8-gore wrap around skirt made almost entirely on your overlocker can be adjusted to fit and flatter all sizes. It works really well with a firmer fabric in the waistband (such as denim or heavier weight linen).  It's fun to play with soft voile prints for the skirt or light weight soft cottons.  A splash of colour can be added using woolly nylon thread, this can be a great  contrast.  

Students will be required to purchase a pattern. A requirements list is available from stores when booking.  

Suitable for all skill levels and adaptable to various sizes.