Saturday 2nd August - Sunday 3rd August 2025 at Jenny Stitches, Barrow-In-Furness
Learn To Sew Your Own Jeans
This 2 day workshop, ran from Jenny Stitches, Barrow-in-Furness, is designed for those that are wanting to expand on their dressmaking skills and master all the skills involved for sewing your own jeans!
These jeans are THE ultimate stretch jeans featuring a comfortable mid rise which is fitted through the waist and hips. In true Sew Cumbria style, you can choose between 4 different leg cuts (Slim, Skinny, Flare and Wide Leg), plus multiple legs lengths for tall, regular and cropped.
This workshop covers all the key features that you find in a pair of jeans, so you will master lots of new skills including:
- Picking out your pattern size and learning how to alter a pattern for that perfect fit
- How to sew a fly zip
- How to sew three different types of pockets; slanted, patch and coin
- How to install hardware
- How to topstitch
- Plus lots of different sewing techniques!
Size range for the jeans patterns are as follows;
Size 0 - 20 (Waist 24" - 38" and Hips 34" - 48")
or
Size 14 - 30 (Waist 32" - 48" and Hips 42" - 58")
Upon booking, please confirm which pattern size bracket you will require. The size 0-20 is drafted as standard sizing, where as the size 14 - 30 is drafted for a curvy figure.
You do need to have some sewing machine experience for this course and also have had some experience of sewing up some dressmaking garments, though not necessarily jeans!
Course Dates: Saturday 2nd - Sunday 3rd August 2025.
Course Start: 9.00am
Course Finish 5.00pm
Workshop Location:
Jenny Stitches, 78-80 Dalton Road, Barrow-In-Furness, LA14 1JH
What's provided
- Sewing Craft Room environment at Jenny Stitches, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 1JH
- Tea, coffee and refreshments throughout the workshop
- Paper pattern and instruction booklet
- Print out booklet of other key information and tips and tricks for sewing your jeans.
What you will need to bring with you
- Up to 2.50m (150cm/60" wide) fabric for your jeans
- Suggested fabrics: stretch denim or stretch cotton that has approx. 15 - 20% stretch
- The exact quantities will be provided on booking, as it will depend on what size you will be sewing.
- Trouser zip
- 1x Jeans Button
- 9x Jeans Rivets
- Scrap of fusible interfacing
- Matching Thread
- Matching Topstitching Thread
- Fabric scraps for the pocket bags
- Suggested fabrics: cotton, cotton poplin, cotton lawn, quilting cotton.
- Sewing Machine and Sewing Kit (don't forget your paper scissors!)
- If preferred, for an additional £15.00 you can hire one of our sewing machines. Please notify us before the workshop if you would like to hire a machine.
The pattern used for this workshop is the fabulous Megan Nielsen Ash Jeans
Booking
To book your place, please book directly with Jenny Stitches, using the "Book Now" button at the top of this page.
