Every Thursday, starting 16th January through to Thursday 20th February at Just Sew, Penrith.
Learn To Sew Your Own Jeans
This 6 week evening workshop, ran from Just Sew Penrith, 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
- Sewing up a toile to check fit and make alterations
- 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: Thursday 16th January, Thursday 23rd January, Thursday 30th January, Thursday 6th February, Thursday 13th February and Thursday 20th February.
Course Start: 17.30pm
Course Finish 20.30pm
Workshop Location:
Just Sew, Poets Walk, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7HJ
What's provided
- Sewing Craft Room environment at Just Sew, Penrith, CA11 7HJ
- 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 MAIN 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.
- Up to 2.50m (150cm/60" wide) fabric for your TOILE
- It's best if this fabric is similar to your main fabric in terms of weight/stretch.
- 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 Terms and Conditions
Please make sure to read our workshop booking terms and conditions. If you have any questions, please contact us first before booking.
Please note that we require a minimum of 4 participants for this workshop to go ahead.
