Learn to Sew Melbourne
Are you looking for the perfect gift idea for someone who loves to sew? A beautifully crafted pair of dressmaking shears or thread snips is a quality gift that will last a lifetime.
For an extra special touch, consider having your loved one’s name engraved on the blade.
Click here to see our gift ideas.
Super quick and in some pics, here are our top bobbin threading tips:
Avoid layering up threads on your bobbins. When you get to the end of the outer thread (white in our picture), a knot can easily be created as the needle thread tries to pick up the end of the white thread and the beginning of the yellow thread all at once.
Don’t leave a long thread tail after loading up your bobbin. Each time the machine rotates the needle thread around the bobbin, it will try to pick up both the working end and the tail end of the thread. Instead, snip off the tail thread close to the bobbin.
The thread in our picture isn’t neat, the threads crisis cross each other which will encourage skipped stitches. Double-check your manual to ensure you are threading up correctly to perfectly fill a bobbin with thread.
If your thread feels squishy on the bobbin or you can easily separate threads like in our picture, you will likely be missing a tension guide when threading your bobbin.
If you are following all the guides on your machine and pulling the thread into the bobbin thread tension guide you should have a good-looking bobbin, ready for a great session of sewing!
These are the top tips for cutting out your fabric that we share when you join a sewing workshop at Thread Den. Doing a great job of cutting out all your pattern pieces before you even start sewing will help the rest of your project go smoothly.
During the school holidays we run a small selection of our sewing workshops for children aged 10 years and over. If your child is over 14, we suggest looking at our regular program of workshops.
Congratulations to the below mailing list member who won a place in our Taking Measurements and Selecting Sizes Workshop in August 2022:
Congratulations to the below Thread Den member who won a place in our PJ Pants Course in August 2022:
For your chance to win prizes like this, become a Thread Den member. Click here to read more.
Congratulations to the below Thread Den members who won a place in our Cushion Cover Workshop in July 2022:
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This May we are celebrating the annual wardrobe sewing celebration – #MeMadeMay, with an accessories prize pack worth $165!
The winner will be advised on 2nd June 2021 via direct messaging on Instagram or their email address.
Selected dates and selected workshops offering buy one get one free pricing! Book with a friend and save!
These offers are for a limited time and only until sold out for the specific dates and workshops.
These sessions are planned for selected evenings and give you the opportunity to come in and take advantage of our full studio setup. With a maximum of 6 participants, each will get exclusive use of one of our 4x4metre sewing stations. Each station is kitted out with; sewing machine, overlocker, steam generator iron, shears and cutting equipment, sewing kits loaded with tools and just about everything we could think of that you may need. Access to the cutting room/drafting tables is included.
Members enjoy DOUBLE the DISCOUNT on these sessions! That’s 34% off!
Become a member here – https://threadden.weteachme.com/memberships
Grab the project you’ve been planning to create and make it happen with the added support you need. Complete your project, at your pace. One of our expert teachers is on hand to assist participants with simple things like finding all you’ll need, to providing advice on the best techniques suited to your project.
You’ve got your project ready to go, or maybe even underway and want to use a dedicated space to really get some work done! This session is flexible enough to allow for participants at varying levels. However, you will need to know how to thread and operate a sewing machine (maybe not specifically our machines, we can show you the nuances).