About Us - Sew In Brighton
Hi everyone - I'm sorry to say that we closed our sewing school down on 1st Sept 2024. Thank you for your wonderful support over the last 16 years, it's been a delight : )
Want to learn to sew / craft or improve your current skills?...Most of our teachers are now running their own group classes or private 1-2-1 lessons in sewing, clothes making,. overlocking, pattern cutting, knitting and crochet! Based in various locations in the Brighton and Hove. View details of their ongoing classes here.
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What was Sew In Brighton Sewing School?
From its launch in January 2008 to it's closure in September 2024 Sew In Brighton sewing school's range of courses, workshops & classes helped hundreds of people go from absolute beginner to confident & creative stitcher. Students made & altered their own (& family's) clothes & soft furnishings, learned overlocking, crochet and more. They also met like-minded locals & found a wonderful way to relax
Our teachers have continued their own sewing and clothes making classes around Brighton and Hove - find out more here
We ran 8-12 classes, courses & workshops every week (plus hen parties!) in Brighton & Hove for all levels - from Absolute Beginner to Experienced stitcher - including:
making clothes with a focus on getting a great fit, for all body types
learning to sew from scratch & sewing simple first projects
specialist subjects: overlocking, pattern cutting, fashion design, industrial machining
sewing home furnishings, making accessories & gifts
replicating, altering & repairing clothes & much more!
We had new Janome 725s and 525s machines & a range of Janome overlockers for use in class and a fully equipped classroom (more below).
Our teachers have continued their own sewing and clothes making classes around Brighton and Hove - find out more here
Sew in Brighton Owner Kat Neeser
Owner & teacher Kat Neeser (left) has 44 years experience of sewing, fashion design & illustration, pattern cutting & alterations (started age 8!). Long before starting Sew In Brighton, she founded her own fashion label, Wit & Wisdom, which she ran for nine years in London. This business included: a retail shop in the famous Hyper Hyper on Kensington High St, a clothing design & production unit, 200 high street concessions in Top Shop, Miss Selfridge & Debenhams & an international wholesale business. Kat has been teaching sewing & pattern cutting in Brighton since 2008 & particularly loves pattern cutting and tissue-fitting patterns - helping students to make great-fitting, original clothes.
Kat occasionally has openings for 1-2-1 lessons - see her contact details along with all our other teachers who are running classes here
Our Sewing & Dressmaking Teachers
Sew In Brighton had a team of friendly & encouraging teachers (including owner Kat Neeser, above) with a variety of skills & expertise on a huge range of subjects. All have worked as fashion designers, pattern cutters, garment manufacturers, dressmakers, tailors or theatre costumiers. We all absolutely love passing on our knowledge & inspiring new students to develop the sewing bug!
Good news! Most of our teachers are running their own sewing and clothes making classes around Brighton and Hove - find out more here
Our Classroom
What was in our Hove sewing classroom?
10 Janome 525s & 725s sewing machines (less than 18 months old)
3 Janome 6234XL overlocker machines
Nine 100x60cm sewing tables
Pattern cutting table
Free sewing patterns & free sewing projects to be made in any General Sewing and Clothes Making Classes or 1-2-1 lessons
2 ironing boards/irons (plus 2 spares) + other pressing tools for dressmaking
Rulers, bobbins, tape measures, fabric scissors & all other sewing tools and paraphernalia
Tea station with huge range of teas, coffee and cordials
Pattern cutting paper & card to purchase in sewing classes (complimentary on sewing courses & workshops)
Industrial eyelet machine - good for corsetry, wall hangings etc
Sewing books for sewing project ideas and sewing patterns
Vintage dressmaking patterns to trace off & use