One-to-one Sewing Workshop

Recent reviews of One-to-one Sewing Workshop

• 5/5 from Kate Vicars, attended Sep 2026: Linda was amazing! So patient with me and a lovely person. She’s helped me gain the confidence to start using my sewing machine. Thank you so much, Linda!!
• 5/5 from Ewelina Patterson, attended Aug 2026: I really enjoyed my 1:1 session. I'm a complete beginner but I nie feel confident enough with a sewing machine to start making things. Everything was explained and I practiced different stitches, corners etc. I would definitely recommend the class for a total beginner.
• 5/5 from Nicola Briggs, attended Aug 2026: Really helpful! I learned a lot. I will be back
• 5/5 from Samantha Craig, attended Jul 2026: Lovely workshop the lady was so lovely
• 4/5 from Aley Wright, attended May 2026: Linda was excellent at explaining the basics of the sewing machine and getting me started! It was a little difficult in the beginning - I’d taken my own sewing machine so I could understand it but the specialism was in an alternate machine but Linda the legend still figured it out and showed me how to use it, the different stitches and machine care. I’m super existed to get started on my own!
• 5/5 from Georgina Cameron, attended Apr 2026: Linda was very helpful and informative! She showed me everything I needed to know and was very patient with me and answered all the questions I had to ask. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who’s looking to get into sewing and wants to know the basics.
• 5/5 from Melanie Huckle, attended Jan 2026: The lady was lovely patient and friendly. She addressed what I wanted from the class and covered the points marketing it easy to follow and understand. I went away confident I can use my new machine thank you
• 5/5 from Angela Star, attended Oct 2025: Linda was really patient and explained all the basics about the sewing machine, how to get started and gave me some practice sheets to try out during the session. This should give me the confidence to have a go when I get home on my own machine.
• 5/5 from Amber Williams, attended Sep 2025: Excellent staff member, clear communication and direction
• 5/5 from Vera Vanessa Hillebrandt, attended Jul 2025: Adressed the specific issues I was having trouble with. Friendly and patient. 2 thumbs up
• 2/5 from Sonia Currey, attended Jul 2025: Teacher was polite and good. Tried as much as she can, which is not entirely her fault as we couldn’t found the pattern si on my machine. Instead we saw reverse 4 sign and didn’t work. Very frustrating. Other than that, we manage to fix other things, I hope.
• 5/5 from Lydia House, attended May 2025: Loved my 1-1 with Andrea - she was patient and taught me loads. I feel much more confident with my sewing machine now!
• 5/5 from Lisa Hidderley, attended Mar 2025: Really enjoyed the one on one sewing workshop. Linda was very experienced and really patient, she really put me at ease and helped er to increase my confidence.
• 5/5 from Blessing Osawaru, attended Mar 2025: The session was the motivation I needed to get me started. Linda was patient and explained thing well.
• 5/5 from Amanda, attended Mar 2025: Sewing machine workshop, learn about my machine. Practice some stitching How to care for my machine Teacher was friendly and passed on some tips
• 4/5 from Esther Brown, attended Jan 2025: A fab workshop today. My daughter got her first sewing machine at Christmas and this lesson was a great taster session. The tutor was very friendly and thorough. We will happily go back to do more sessions.
• 5/5 from Louise Richardson, attended Nov 2024: Thank you Linda, at the Team Valley. You were so lovely with my daughter and very patient. Would recommend.
• 5/5 from Gabrielle Marshall, attended Oct 2024: I've never used a sewing machine before so wanted to be shown the ropes before diving in. Linda was wonderful from the off, showing me the basics of threading the machine and sewing straight and zig zag lines. She allowed me to take some practice bits home with me after deciding to buy a sewing machine after what I'd learnt. Linda was very patient with me and made sure I understood as we went on.
• 3/5 from Joan Martin, attended Oct 2024: I recently bought a singer sewing machine 4423 from yourselves. I have used a machine in the past but my daughter hasn't. Therefore i decided to book a class for us both. There were a few things in particular that I wished to know about. These being the needle threader, the 1 step buttonhole and how to sew with a stretch stitch. Initially there was a Hobbycraft machine set up but the teacher kindly offered to use the model which I had bought. Unfortunately she did not have the knowledge of this particular machine and could not demonstrate the needle threader and then there was difficulty in placing the bobbin and removing the bobbin cover. It took a long time to thread the needle manually which I can sympathize with, this, being the reason i wanted to know how to use the needle threader. She couldn't attach the buttonhole foot and when one was eventually done it was only half done as the thread kept snapping. I tried to google some help for her.The stretch stitch was demonstrated on non stretch cotton. I I felt for the teacher, she was a lovely person, very friendly and did show my daughter how to thread the upper part of the machine and sew straight and zigzag stitch. She was very apologetic. The lesson lasted 70 mins but there was at the least half of that time, if not more trying to find things out. I did not really learn the things I wanted to know about or what my machine was fully capable of. Very disappointing and not worth what I paid. Would have given 2 stars but feel badly for the teacher who just didn't know the model of this machine.
• 5/5 from Ann-Marie Thomas, attended Aug 2024: I’m so pleased I booked a one to one as I learnt so much as well as fixing a few issues I was having with my machine. I would definitely book another session in the future. The time flew by and I really enjoyed it. My tutor was lovely and very knowledgeable about the machine.
• 4/5 from Yancy Chan, attended Aug 2024: Very patient and thoughtful teacher. I got some answers for my questions but it is not an advanced sewing workshop, just beginners. Like you wont be able to learn how to sew different patterns or hems eg lettuce hem.
• 5/5 from Ellie, attended May 2024: I came in knowing nothing about sewing machines and Andrea made me feel so welcome and calm, she was a gem. I walked away with a new skill I've wanted for ages and a new need for a sewing machine haha thank you so much Andrea!!
• 4/5 from Maureen Godbold, attended Mar 2024: Bought sewing machine from hobbycraft wanted to get to know the machine. The member of staff was good and knew a lot in general about sewing machines, although not my machine in particular. But I learned everything I wanted to know do worth the money
• 5/5 from Susan, attended Feb 2024: Andrea was an amazing coach, she talked me through how to do my button holes as I had requested and has so much patients and knowledge. After my session Andrea helped me to buy my pattern, material and matched my cotton. I would used Hobby Craft again if I needed any help with my sewing. My material was provided and definitely value for more.
• 5/5 from Andrea Pringle, attended Jan 2024: Andrea my sewing instructor was great very friendly, and knowledgeable. I learned everything I needed to learn. Thank you
• 5/5 from Claire Robson, attended Dec 2023: We really enjoyed our workshop. Dee was amazing with my 9year old daughter with it being the first time she had used a sewing machine. We took alot away from the 1 hour session.
• 5/5 from Elizabeth Rowland, attended Nov 2023: An excellent workshop! The teacher was lovely and the materials available were really helpful. I left the store feeling excited about using my own sewing machine and much more confident about doing so. Thank you Hobbycraft!
• 5/5 from Chris Houghton, attended Oct 2023: Dee at Gateshead was amazing! So knowledgeable and gave me a brilliant lesson starting from the very basics.
• 5/5 from Anonymised ClassBento customer, attended Sep 2023: Linda was a great teacher. She explained everything really well and everything made sense. I definitely came out of the class able to now understand how to use my sewing machine and where to get started with it! Thank you for the help!
• 4/5 from Susan Cawson, attended Sep 2023: Teacher was wonderful, the class went through all the basics of the machine, which is what | was hoping for.
• 4/5 from Vicki Paul, attended Sep 2023: Lesson was good picked up a few basics I didn’t know, lady who taught lesson was very friendly and extremely helpful as realised machine I had there was an issue with with no fault of my own and helped pick a new sewing machine and only ended up paying the difference. Would definitely recommend as learnt few basic tips that I didn’t already know. Will book more when needed.
• 3/5 from Carol McKay, attended Sep 2023: My one-to-one designated lady was such a lovely person. She was eager to help and although she didn’t have all the answers did her very best to find out for me.
• 5/5 from Andrea Scrafton, attended Jul 2023: Linda was really helpful, informative and patient. I learned a lot. Just what I needed to get me started, thanks.
• 5/5 from Chloe Paget, attended Jun 2023: I loved my sewing lesson at Hobbycraft. As a complete beginner I now feel like I have the confidence to use my machine and get making! Thank you to my lovely teacher.
• 5/5 from Carole McGuire, attended Jun 2023: As a total novice it was just what I wanted and needed to get me started. Well worth the visit.
• 5/5 from Jan Meldrum, attended Jun 2023: I am a beginner and Andrea was brilliant, patient, encouraging and knowledgeable. All equipment and materials were available with oracular exercises. Left feeling confident and enthusiastic and with some tips, recommend this workshop to anyone wanting assistance in a project
• 5/5 from Sandy Jennings, attended May 2023: Great teacher, down to earth Great machine Plenty of room Really enjoyed it Thank you Angela
• 5/5 from Jenny Smith, attended Apr 2023: Really helpful tips and learned what we needed for different sewing projects. Thank you so much!
• 5/5 from Lynn Defty, attended Feb 2023: Angela was very friendly and helpful. She taught me a lot about my new machine and how to look after it. Highly recommended.
• 5/5 from Hannah Skelton, attended Jan 2023: Great 1 hour session one on one with Linda, great information giving and had the time to explain to my daughter. First time user on sewing machine she got for Christmas. Would definitely recommend great 5 *
• 5/5 from Liz Bamber, attended Oct 2022: Many thanks to Andrea who taught me this class. She had a wealth of experience to bring to it and she gave me so many tips that will help me with my sewing and to look after my sewing machine. I now know so very much more about how I can use me machine.
• 5/5 from Gina Kilvington, attended Aug 2022: Really enjoyed my sewing one-to-one. I learnt how to set my sewing machine up and the basics of sewing. Thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend this session for beginners!
• 5/5 from Heather Steel, attended Aug 2022: Angela was a lovely teacher, my step daughter enjoyed the session very much, would recommend
• 5/5 from Barbara Wilson, attended Jul 2022: Teacher was very approachable & easy to talk to, accepting my nervous sewing. I had asked to be shown how to sew stretchy material, which I was, what I appreciated was that the teacher freely told me that she had never sewn with stretchy material herself, so we were learning together. Although I could have been annoyed about being shown a method which the tutor was not proficient in, in fact it went the other way & made me more relaxed. Not only was I shown the best method, but I was also shown some other techniques such as French seams & seams using hidden binding, things which I would never have tried myself. All in all it was a great lesson, well worth the cost and I would be quite happy to return for another lesson in some other technique.
• 5/5 from Nancy 8, attended Jun 2022: Nancy had a great time at her sewing class! Linda the teacher made adjustments as necessary because Nancy is only 8! She really enjoyed it, she was so keen and Linda was amazing with her. She praised her and encouraged her! Together they made a cushion cover and a hair scrunchie. I thought the class was great value for money! Thanks again Linda
• 5/5 from Helen McKenry, attended May 2022: Fantastic one to one session and was tailored to my needs. The session was well paced and was great to have constructive advice throughout. I have left the session feeling so much more confident and feel I can use my new knowledge going forward with projects. The materials provided were great and I was not expecting to be given practice guided patterns to try at home which were great and boosted my confidence after trying one during our session. Thank you so much for your patience and your time today I was extremely impressed and very grateful.
• 5/5 from Kirsty Ferry, attended Apr 2022: I had a brilliant workshop with Dee at the Team Valley branch. It turned out my machine was faulty so I got a replacement as well. She showed me how to do the tasks I'd asked to learn and a little more besides. She also gave me an extra half hour as by the time we'd established my machine was faulty it had taken up a good chunk of time. Highly recommended and thank you so much!
• 5/5 from Heather Moran, attended Apr 2022: Linda was very kind and more than happy to show us how to do things that we'd asked about.
• 5/5 from Anonymized Customer, attended Mar 2022: Fantastic patient tutor who had clearly read and responded to what I said I wanted to cover. Everything was ready for me, nice set up and everything explained really well. Highly recommend. Thank you for giving me the confidence to try it out back at home.
• 5/5 from Abigail Merrett, attended Jan 2022: Linda was great, told me what I needed to know and showed me on the machine. Let me have a go too - just what I needed and feel confident to use my machine now. Thank you so much