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Tips for cutting out fabric when sewing

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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.

  • Keep the shears and fabric as close to the tabletop as possible. Keep your fabric flat, do not lift it up or off the table to access it. You can scootch your shears along the tabletop (keeping the lower blade touching the tabletop).
  • Keep your shears straight.
  • Take long cuts.
  • Peel the fabric of the cutout pattern pieces out of your way as you cut.
  • Keep the pattern pieces on the left of your shears (if right-handed).
  • Use lovely sharp fabric shears.
  • When snipping in your notches, never cut them deeper than the seam allowance. 5mm or less is about right.

Thread Den: Next Gen’ Workshops

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🧵 Thread Den: The Next Gen’ ✂️
A sewing program re-imagined in 2025 for the makers of tomorrow!

Whether you’re 9 or 17, Thread Den: The Next Gen’ is where young creatives learn to stitch with style and passion. Workshops cater to two age groups 9-to-12 year olds and then 13-to-17 year olds. Read class descriptions and titles carefully to ensure you are booking into the right age group.

You’ll pick up essential sewing skills, explore cool tools and fabrics, and build the confidence to create things you’ll be proud to wear or share. 🧷✨

Perfect for beginners and young sewists looking to level up, The Next Gen’ is all about discovering your creativity, mastering the basics, and joining a community of future textiles and fashion stars. 🌟

Win our #MeMadeMay Prize Pack

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Win accessories pack

This May we are celebrating the annual wardrobe sewing celebration – #MeMadeMay, with an accessories prize pack worth $165!

The prize pack contains:

  • Jubly-Umph Vintage Sewing Machine Necklace
  • Colette Sewing Machine Pin
  • I Made It Myself Pin
  • Jubly-Umph Vintage Sewing Machine Pin
  • $100 gift voucher for online or face-to-face workshops at Thread Den 

How to enter via Instagram:

  1. Post to Instagram photos of your self-made sewing projects between 11th and 31st May 2021.
  2. Comment with #MeMadeMay and #ThreadDenCompetition.
  3. Like the Thread Den profile page to ensure we can direct message you if you are our winner.
  4. Keep your post on Instagram with both hashtags until midnight 1st June 2021. We will add all self-made sewing projects with both hashtags to the competition entries on 1st June 2021. The winner will be randomly drawn from all entries received via all three entry methods.

How to enter via Mailing List Signup:

  1. All new email addresses signed up to the Thread Den Mailing list between 11th and 31st May 2021 will be automatically entered in the #MeMadeMay competition. Not on the mailing list? Sign up now! Click here.
  2. The winner will be randomly drawn from all entries received via all three entry methods.

How to enter for Thread Den members:

  1. All members with a paid membership that is current as at 31st May 2021 will be automatically entered in the #MeMadeMay competition. Not a member? Join now!
  2. The winner will be randomly drawn from all entries received via all three entry methods.

The winner will be advised on 2nd June 2021 via direct messaging on Instagram or their email address.

FreeStyle Sessions

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FreeStyle Sewing Sessions
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Join us for relaxed evening sessions where you get the run of our fully-equipped sewing studio! With only 6 spots available, everyone gets their own spacious 4×4 metre sewing station—complete with a sewing machine, overlocker, steam generator iron, shears, sewing kits, and all the tools you could possibly need. You’ll also have full access to our cutting room and drafting tables. It’s your time to create, experiment, and sew without limits!

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.

What to bring:

  • Your fabric, notions, haberdashery.
  • Note – pattern-making paper and pattern-making card, as well as a small range of haberdashery, is available for sale.

Appropriate for:

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).

Upcoming sessions: