Overlocking with Jersey & Knits Class

Learn how to use your overlocker to sew jersey and knit fabrics with industry garment machinist Carrie White. These lessons are perfect for students who know how to thread up, adjust basic tension issues on their overlocker and want to learn to create stretch clothing on it!     

Overlocking with Jersey & Knits 

In a five hour 1-2-1 lesson with Carrie you'll develop your skills and learn the best tension and techniques for making clothes from jersey and knit cloth, while quickly and easily putting together a flattering and 'on trend' kimono style top. This has a stretch neck-band & twin 'fake coverstitched' hem and cuff - the hem and cuffs are sewn on an ordinary domestic sewing machine using a jersey twin needle

Experience: Intermediate and above - already confident threading up and using an overlocker.
To get this level of skill you could attend our Love Your Overlocker workshop in advance of your classes or tag on an extra couple of hours first in your 1-2-1, making it a 7 hour session.
For women (or men sewing womens clothing), aged 16+

Price: a 5 hour 1-2-1 with Carrie is £196 (check here for any price updates)

Session:  6 or 5.5 hour session which includes 5 hours learning with a half or 1 hour lunch break (breaks are not charged)

Venue options:

  • The Sewing Lounge, Hove (we have stairs - click here for information on venue access if you have a disability or injury and arrive 15 mins early if you would like help bringing your overlocker up the stairs)
  • We may be able to come to you if you live near Carrie or the Sewing Lounge have your own overlocker and suitable workspace - complete the 1-2-1 booking form on this page to find out

Teacher: Carrie White

Overlockers and sewing machines : Please bring your own overlocker if you have one. You can borrow our sewing machines for basting and hemming

What to bring:

  • Light to medium weight jersey fabric that is a minimum of 150cm wide: 1.5m if it doesn't have a repeat pattern that needs matching or bring 2m if you will need to pattern match 
  • 4 x matching colour overlocker or 500-1000m threads (one should be 100, 500 or 1000m smaller size reel to use with sewing machine for hems and basting top together prior to Overlocking) 
  • £1 if you want to keep the 2 bobbins you'll need for twin stitching the hem
  • Bring your glasses if you need them for close up work

We provide (or bring your own): Scissors, pattern paper, chalk, tape measure etc if you don’t have your own.  You can borrow an overlocker from us or you can bring along your own.  If you need to borrow one, please email us to let us know

Where to buy fabric: Suggestions of where to buy your fabric locally will be given on your booking confirmation, or to see our list of local fabric shops now click here

Student Reviews from Carrie's Love Your Overlocker workshops: 

"I have to tell you that I could not wait to get back on the machine the following day.  It's the best money I have spent in a long time!"  Valerie Harper, Brighton

"Thank you for an excellent day at your overlocker class. An excellent tutor and everything I needed to know to give me confidence to start working with knits on my new overlocker. Carrie is certainly a good and fun instructor, and the day was good value." Rosey Mills, Nurse, Fareham
 

 

Important - please read before booking:

  1. Each person attending needs an individual log in/password/own contact details to book - you cannot book 2 people on at once through one profile/payment as they will not appear on the system. 
  2. Your payment and booking confirmations will be sent to you immediately in 2 separate emails - please check they are correct. If you don't receive them, please contact us here.
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