About Us - Sew In Brighton
Since its launch in 2008 Sew In Brighton sewing school's range of courses, workshops & classes have helped hundreds of people go from absolute beginner to confident & creative stitcher - making & altering their own (& family's) clothes & soft furnishings, meeting like-minded locals & finding a wonderful way to relax
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We run 10-12 classes, courses & workshops every week 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!
Bring your own sewing machine or use ours. We have new Janome 525s machines & a range of Janome overlockers for use in class
Click here to view all our current classes or scroll down to find out more about us
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Sew in Brighton Owner Kat Neeser
Owner & teacher Kat Neeser (left) has 35 years experience of fashion design & illustration, sewing, pattern cutting & alterations. She founded her own fashion label, Wit & Wisdom, which she ran for nine years in London - including: a retail shop, 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 & is particularly excited about helping students to make great-fitting, original clothes.
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Our Sewing & Dressmaking Teachers
We have a team of friendly & encouraging teachers (including owner Kat Neeser) who have 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!
Read more about our teachers here
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Our Classroom
What's in our Brighton and 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 that can 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 you can trace off & use
Get directions, parking and transport info for our Hove classroom here