• Jul 16, 2022 from 11:00am to 3:00pm
  • Location: Stitch Crafts and Classes, 364 Green Lanes, (inside Post Office entrance) Palmers Green, N13 5XL
  • Latest Activity: Jul 8, 2022

Come and join us at Stitch and learn to make a wrap dress with our resident seamstress Pat Stevens!

No dress is as versatile as the wrap dress. It can be adjusted to fit any body type, looks great in every length, can be adjusted to any height, any sleeve and be added to depending on your preference or to suit any occasion with the fabrics you choose to make it in.

Whether you wear it on its own or layer it over another garment or under a cardigan it can be a staple in your wardrobe come winter or summer. So join Pat Stevens here at Stitch and improve your sewing skills by making yourself a fabulous and versatile wrap dress.

This is an intermediate sewing class on how to accurately cut out and adjust a pattern to make a wrap dress with confidence. This workshop will introduce you to the more advanced principles of dressmaking. Individual attention is assured with only 6 places available.

THE SKILLS YOU WILL LEARN INCLUDE:

- lay out your fabric and cut it

- how to use your measurements to adapt the dress to fit you

- cutting dress and binding pieces accurately

- how to prepare and finish the hemline of a dress

- wrap over bodice with option of a line skirt and or straight skirt

- pleating on bodice

- gathering on skirt

- inset sleeves (short or 3/4 sleeve options)

- inseam pockets optional

- hemming

DRESS PATTERN:

We will provide the dress pattern. Please send us your measurement 2-weeks before the class to allow us to prepare your individual pattern.

DRESS FABRIC RECOMMENDED:

light weight cotton, cotton jersey

You can bring along some fabric of your choice or purchase fabric in advance from the selection in our shop. Please allow for extra time before the workshop if you plan on buying fabric from Stitch. Depending on what length you would like your dress to be and your size, you might need between, full skirt option 3m, straight skirt option 2.5m of fabric.

SKILL LEVEL:

This is an intermediate dressmaking workshop. You should already know your way around a sewing machine, and be able to thread the machine and load the bobbin and do forward and back straight stitching.

DATE: Saturday 16th July 11am-3pm and Saturday 23rd July 11am-3pm

Duration: This class is 8 hours of instruction and sewing time.

COST: £75.00

LOCATION: 364 Green Lanes, Palmers Green, N13 5XL (entrance inside Post Office)

We will provide a cosy environment with sewing machines and refreshments!

Just bring yourselves and your notebooks if fancy jotting down some notes.

We look forward to welcoming you in Stitch soon.

The StitchN13 Team x

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December 2024 - January 2025

Coming up this month @ Karamel N22.

Wednesday 4 –24 December – Painting the Walk at Upstairs gallery, Lauderdale House, Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill N6, 12 noon – 3pm.

St. Andrew’s Christmas 2024 – Carols and Rehearsals, Crib Service, Midnight Mass and more 14-25 December.

Wednesday 18 December – Christmas Carols on the Triangle at the junction of Crescent Road and Palace Gates Road, 7-8pm.

Thursday 19 December - Blue Christmas at Muswell Hilll Methodist Church, 7.30-8.30pm.

Saturday 21 December – Muswell Hill Creatives Winter Makers Fair at St. James’ Square, Muswell Hill (outside Planet Organic), 10.30-4pm.

Sunday 22 December - Candlelit Carol Service at Muswell Hilll Methodist Church,6.30-7.30pm.

Tuesday 24 December -  Christingle Service at Muswell Hilll Methodist Church, 3.30-4.30pm.

Saturday 11 January 2025 and alternate Saturday mornings until 5 April -  Life Drawing at Rhodes Avenue Primary School, 1-3pm.


Ongoing courses and activities

Movement and Ease: Alexander Technique with Tanya every Wednesday morning at CUFOS, Top of the Avenue N10, 11-11.55am.

Fortismere Community Symphony Orchestra rehearses Tuesday evenings during term-time at Fortismere School, 7-9pm. Get in touch for more info.

Fortismere Community Choir rehearses Wednesday evenings during term-time at Fortismere School, 7-9pm. Get in touch for more info.

No-Gi Fundamentals Course (BJJ Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) every Thursday for 6 weeks starting 12 September at Alexandra Park School, 7.30pm. Introductory martial arts.

Geekstraveganza – regular boardgame meetup on the FIRST Sunday of every month at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, 1-6pm. NB change of date.

After School Sewing Club on Fridays at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 4.30-6pm. Term time.

Em Power fitness classes – Monday, Thursday and Friday mornings in OR Tambo Rec, 9-9.30am (term time only). The main focus is on core and legs.

Bowes Park Community Choir - Thursday evenings during term time at Bounds Green School, 7.15-9.15pm.

Life drawing sessions – alternate Saturday mornings at Rhodes Avenue Primary School, 10-12pm.

Salsa Wednesdays – Wednesday evenings at Bounds Green School, Bounds Green Road N11 2QG, 7-8pm. 

V&J Ensemble: Vocal group for ALL Singers on Wednesdays at St. Andrew's Church, Alexandra Park Road N10 (corner of Windermere Road), 6.50-8.30pm.

Painting for Pleasure – Thursdays at CUFOS Community Centre (the old railway station), Top of The Avenue N10, 10-12.30pm or 1.30-4pm. Sept. 19 – Dec. 12.

 

 

 

 

 

All Good Bookshop has many regular events - book groups of course, also music, writing, yoga - and special events .... at 35 Turunpike Lane.

Many Music and Art events are held at Karamel, including Collage Kids performance events on Saturday mornings at 11.30am. At 4 Coburg Road, 

Wood Green N22 6UJ.

 

 

 

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