One-to-one Sewing Workshop

Recent reviews of One-to-one Sewing Workshop

• 5/5 from Amruthadas Sujith, attended Oct 2026: I really enjoyed the sewing workshop, and it went really well. I was completely new to sewing before the class, but by the end, I felt much more confident and no longer felt like a complete beginner. I have chosen the 1:1 session.Fiona, the instructor, was absolutely brilliant. She was friendly, patient, very supportive, and made the class enjoyable. She understood the level of the learner and adapted her teaching accordingly, which made it easy to follow and learn at my own pace. I left the workshop feeling confident and excited to continue sewing. I would definitely recommend this workshop to anyone who likes to sewing.
• 5/5 from Poppy Lakin, attended May 2026: Excellent teacher was Lauren. Very good at teaching and showing my 14 year old.
• 5/5 from Julie Collins, attended Mar 2026: Excellent indtruction. Excellent help and advice. Excellent support with purchases. Would definitely recommend, especially if unsure.
• 5/5 from Alan Robinson, attended Oct 2025: Class was great, Lauren in the Carlisle store was amazing and greatly helped, thank you Lauren very much appreciated
• 5/5 from Christine Crawshaw, attended Sep 2025: The one-to-one sewing class was excellent. Having not machine sewn a stitch since school, all the basics were covered brilliantly by the young lady in store. The outcome was I now have a lovely new sewing machine and can’t wait to get started.
• 4/5 from Miley Meyers, attended Aug 2025: Absolutely great, helped with finding the problem and a solution
• 5/5 from Anonymised ClassBento customer, attended Jul 2025: Wanted to learn how to use a sewing machine. Lauren was very helpful and knowledgeable and answered all questions I had. Giving me tips and advice on my needs. Thankyou very much!
• 5/5 from Elaine Gooch, attended Jul 2025: Teacher was very good expained everything I needed to know about my sewing machine.
• 5/5 from Megan Alexander, attended Jun 2025: Laura was great very helpful on showing me how to work a sewing machine. Can’t wait to buy one now to start practicing
• 5/5 from Anonymised ClassBento customer, attended May 2025: I Learnt how to read patterns and the staff was very helpful going overthings until i understood. They are very friendly and had no problems if you had any questions.
• 5/5 from Virginia Ferguson, attended Apr 2025: Lesson was a Christmas present to try sewing with a machine before buying one. I am an absolute beginner so the lesson started right from the basics of how to set-up and thread a machine to simple stitching two pieces of cloth together. My instructor was brilliant: really patient, had lots of tips and made the hour really enjoyable. I will definitely be dropping lots of hints about getting a sewing machine for my birthday and am looking forward to finally be able to wear trousers without turn-ups or skirts that are too long (and maybe from there who knows?!).
• 5/5 from Alissa Rheinbach, attended Mar 2025: The teacher was really lovely and taught me all I need to know about the basics of sewing with a machine, thank you!
• 5/5 from Julie Blaylock, attended Mar 2025: A lovely hour with a patient and knowledgeable lady. We achieved everything we had hoped to in the session.
• 5/5 from Julie Hogg, attended Jan 2025: This was an intro class for my daughter. It was VERY helpful and driven by her needs. Highly recommend if anyone just needs some refreshing of knowledge or support!
• 5/5 from Karen Pearson, attended Aug 2024: Wendy was great letting me know how to use my new sewing machine. She also gave me a few tips. She is such an easy person to talk. A great experience.
• 5/5 from Helen Lancaster, attended Jun 2024: Wishing to buy a sewing machine as a complete beginner. The tutor was excellent, friendly and approachable, she put me at ease straight away. She gave me the confidence to take the plunge and buy a machine and give sewing a go! Would recommend to any beginner ‘seamstress’!
• 5/5 from Louise, attended Jun 2024: Excellent. As a complete novice I was put at ease and given advice and encouragement that allowed me to decide if this was a hobby I wish to pursue.
• 5/5 from Alison Middleton, attended Jun 2024: Friendly. I asked lots of questions and all of them were answered.. Things were explained so that I could understand. The lady was professional explained things as we went a long. Was shown then I had a go. Wasn’t just watching. We also got the bag finished which was a lot better than some of the workshops where I have come out with something half finished and didn’t know how to finish it when I got home. I feel confident that when I get home I can make another.
• 5/5 from Alison Johnstone, attended Feb 2024: This was really helpful - my teenage daughter was interested in getting a sewing machine for her birthday so this lesson was to show her how to use it. Lauren was excellent, explained things really well - simply but not patronising - and my daughter loved it’ was able to follow everything and therefore made me more confident in buying one for her. Really reassuring to know daughter can go back for a 1:1 once started if she needs to (she would struggle to join a group).
• 5/5 from Ruth Wannop, attended Jan 2024: I enjoyed my one to one sewing workshop today, great teacher, long time since I used a machine and she took me through the elements of the machine, threading the needle and some stitches etc
• 5/5 from Jane Robinson, attended Jan 2024: Teacher was excellent, went through all you need to know to get started with using the machine. The ‘driving test’ is a great idea for testing machine skills
• 5/5 from Amanda Clarke, attended Jan 2024: Good value for money. The teacher really knew her stuff and was easy to ask questions. Went through everything I needed to know. Have learnt some new stuff. Highly recommend
• 5/5 from Sue Taylor, attended Sep 2023: The lady had excellent knowledge of the machines I wanted to try out. Expert advice, a practical demonstration with materials provided. Thank you.
• 5/5 from Maria Lukose, attended Aug 2023: The teacher was very friendly and the classes were enjoyable. The venue was great and the materials and equipment provided were very good.
• 5/5 from Elisabeth Welters, attended Jul 2023: We really enjoyed the workshop today. Covered all the basics we needed to know and answered all our questioned. Thanks so much.
• 5/5 from Claire O’Neill, attended Jun 2023: The tutor was lovely, very patient and knowledgeable and answered all of my questions. She went through my sewing machine all the stitches and additional parts and explained everything really well. We also discussed fabric suitability for projects and how to follow sewing patterns. Worth every penny, would definitely recommend.
• 5/5 from Claire Vince, attended May 2023: Emma is getting more confident with every lesson thank you Lauren is patience and great with Emma
• 5/5 from Sasha Cookson, attended Apr 2023: Had the most enjoyable sewing workshop with Lauren. Lauren was welcoming friendly and knowledgeable.everything was explained very well.I came away excited and ready to use my sewing machine and try all the techniques I had learnt. Worth every penny I would highly recommend and I would definitely attend other workshops offered at the Carlisle store.
• 5/5 from Julie Park, attended Apr 2023: Jackie, the Tutor is just so knowledgeable, patient and knows how to.progress my daughter.
• 5/5 from Catherine Nesbitt, attended Mar 2023: I didn’t know Hobbycraft offered one to one classes and have been struggling to find a really basic, “show me how to use a sewing machine” class but then stumbled across this option. Jackie was brilliant, easy to speak to, friendly and encouraging. I had a brilliant time and the exercises she used were really useful. I would definitely recommend it to anyone to try and will definitely be back!
• 5/5 from Lucinda Bray, attended Feb 2023: Teacher was patient, knowledgeable and created a relaxed environment. My 1st lesson was on Sunday, and today I bought a new machine and have already made a cushion cover!
• 5/5 from Carol Sharman, attended Feb 2023: It was great. A good refresher, of going through the new machine I bought. Well worth the money.
• 5/5 from Tracy Dixon, attended Feb 2023: Jackie was a fantastic teacher with my young daughter. She was very patient and encouraging. My daughter can’t wait for her next lesson. I highly recommend Jackie at the Carlisle store.
• 5/5 from Julie Park, attended Jan 2023: Teacher, Jackie is great. She is able to explain, demonstrate and guide me in the sewing techniques. I look forward to my next session.
• 5/5 from Julie Park, attended Jan 2023: Teacher was very good in how she shared her knowledge. I felt I learnt new skills.
• 5/5 from Valeria Vasadi, attended Dec 2022: The venue is easy to approach, there are plenty parking spaces. The teacher was very pleasant, kind, patient and supportive. I learned the basics of sawing on my machine and I also got some homework to do. My teacher also helped me to find solution for my future sawing projects. It was a very pleasant hour and I am very satisfied with the knowledge I go for the money payed.
• 5/5 from Grace Park, attended Dec 2022: Tutor was lovely and very helpful. Going back to basics was a refresher and I also learnt some new things. I have booked more sessions in tje coming months
• 5/5 from Sheena Irving, attended Sep 2022: Jackie was great, put me at ease right away and showed me all the procedures as well as explaining how my machine worked. Setting was comfortable and the material used was good.
• 5/5 from Marice Wall, attended Sep 2022: Woderful teacher really easy to learn from extremely happy with her thank you very much Jackie
• 5/5 from Cheryl Cook, attended Aug 2022: Very nice lady supported me to learn some sewing basics. She quickly worked out my level and gave me some tasks, explaining and advising as she went. Thank you!
• 5/5 from Zara Proud, attended May 2022: I was so pleased with my 1-1 workshop with Lauren. I had the opportunity to ask all the questions I had about my projects and all questions were answered in a relatable and knowledgeable way. Lauren even attended the session on her week off! She passed on lots of tips to help me. I would highly recommend this service to anyone needing guidance with their projects and it's very good value for money.
• 5/5 from Gail Grubb, attended May 2022: Enjoyed my class with Lauren, answered all my questioned very informative young lady, bless her as i was leaving she said let me know how you get on, which i thought was lovely, but then she was a lovely young lady put me right at ease.
• 5/5 from Elizabeth Morris, attended Apr 2022: Lovely lady teaching went through all areas I was interested in. Materials are provided. Would recommend
• 5/5 from Rowan Timmins, attended Feb 2022: I took my 9 year old daughter for a workshop on how to use a sewing machine. We bought her a pink beginners machine for her birthday but after failing to understand the instructions and You Tube videos I decided to book one of your workshops. The venue was great and we felt really comfortable. Laura our instructor was extremely helpful, thorough and friendly and any questions we had, she answered them with great knowledge. Both me and my daughter were so excited afterwards and felt inspired to start sewing our own things. Once the workshop was finished, we went and bought some fabric to go and make our dog some bandanas. We cant wait to start out sewing journey and after Laura's help, we both feel much more confident to try something we otherwise thought was too scary. The only way we would improve the workshop was Laura struggled with getting electricity to the workshop table so had a fight getting lots of extension cables plugged in and she even nearly tripped over the wire at one point. If you could get electricity to the area safely that would be much better and safer.
• 5/5 from Jenny Anderson, attended Sep 2021: Absolutely brilliant and heather was lovely and explained it all really well. I can use my sewing machine now and understand it fully with the way heather explained it.
• 4/5 from Alison Whyte, attended Sep 2021: Heather was very friendly and helpful. She answered all of my queries and gave some very useful tips. Thanks Heather