One-to-one Sewing Workshop

Recent reviews of One-to-one Sewing Workshop

• 5/5 from Debbe Dicker, attended Aug 2026: This class was perfect for me, I was taught how to set up and use my sewing machine. We also practiced different types of stitches and practiced sewing. My teacher was very knowledgeable and so helpful. Nothing was too much. Thank you!
• 5/5 from Laura, attended Aug 2026: I was really anxious about going but relaxed as soon as I got there. Donna was amazing and so patient with me. Thank you!
• 5/5 from L A Coulson, attended Jun 2026: Fantastic lesson helped with all my queries. Would definitely recommend one to one if your new to sewing or just need a refresher.
• 5/5 from Paula Smyth, attended Apr 2026: Really enjoyed my class today. Teacher was really friendly and tailored the session to meet my individual needs. Great to have 1:1 support. I would recommend.
• 5/5 from Darcey Farmer, attended Feb 2026: Donna was kind, patient and really supportive to my daughter today who finds it hard to sit still and process information. Donna encouraged her and helped build her confidence when starting out on our sewing machine journey. She was great!
• 5/5 from Lou O, attended Jan 2026: My sister and I really enjoyed the sewing machine intro, Donna was a great teacher!
• 5/5 from Liz Waters, attended Jan 2026: Brilliant! Has given ne the confuidence to try this on my own. Will practise what Ive learnt and will return when Im ready for next stage. Thank you
• 5/5 from Christine Zughaid, attended Jan 2026: Very patient. I couldn’t have wished for any better. So pleased
• 4/5 from Corrine Cox, attended Jan 2026: My teacher was lovely and gave me some good tips to get going on my sewing journey.
• 5/5 from Tessa Eley, attended Nov 2025: Donna was marvellous., excited to work with a different machine, she introduced me carefully to the basic operations and gave me many tips that I would never have discovered myself. thank you so much!
• 5/5 from Christine Komodromou, attended Sep 2025: Thank you Donna I really enjoyed sewing workshop today. You explained what i needed to learn in a simple way with patience. I now have the condidence to purchase a sewing machine.
• 5/5 from Joolz Burt, attended Jun 2025: WOW What an absolutely amazing one-to-one sewing class with Lilly at Rustington branch. I had a particular requirement for hemming on various fabrics including stretch. All this was covered in our session from tension, stitch selection including the use of zigzag. All the step by step techniques clearing explained by Lilly and giving me the chance to practice hands on. Best of all we had time to go through a complete refresher of my machine settings and set up. Using my actual machine in the class has given me the skills and ability to come home and get on with my projects. I was able to purchase some accessories compatible with my machine with Lilly’s guidance. Lilly’s ability to explain and train me has given me the confidence to use more of the settings on my machine. Anyone wishing to brush up their skills or start as a complete novice would benefit from a One-to one class through Hobbycraft. I would % recommend this class and will return myself for more sessions. Also a great gift idea for friends and family as very reasonable price for the session. Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous…yes as you can tell I really enjoyed my session! Thank You Lilly.
• 5/5 from Nina Bayley, attended Jun 2025: Donna was so helpful and patient with my daughter. She was very knowledgeable and was able to answer any questions that we had. My daughter learnt everything she had hoped for and it was a brilliant introduction to seeing in a machine. It went so well we bought a machine and my daughter has started sewing! Thank you so much Donna you were brilliant!
• 5/5 from Lisa Pope, attended May 2025: Donna was superb, didn't laugh at my lack of knowledge and was very supportive in my dreams of being able to sew. Full of information and guidance. I found this hour very helpful and now I am excited to get going with a new machine, I have booked a second hour with Donnna to further pick her brains. Five stars all day long
• 5/5 from Karli Bates, attended May 2025: Thank you to Donna for today for helping me get to grips with my sewing machine and showing me what products I needed to go with it. Hopefully o will be able to have a go myself now!
• 5/5 from Pam Collie, attended Mar 2025: Managed a zip and given great tips by Donna who is patient, friendly and knowledgeable.
• 5/5 from Anonymised ClassBento customer, attended Mar 2025: We learnt how to set up a new sewing machine (we had just purchased this exact same one). We learnt basic stitches and trouble shooting. Our teacher was very supportive and informative. Our teacher also helped us buy spare needles and bobbins by accompanying us in the shop to get the correct ones. Overall a very good and helpful session. Would recommend.
• 5/5 from Christine Fuller, attended Feb 2025: Louise was brilliant. She covered all the basics as requested, plus more. I left with total confidence. This workshop was definitely worth attending.
• 5/5 from Danielle Clarke, attended Jan 2025: Donna was a wealth of knowledge and superb help to our 9yr old who got a hobbycraft sewing machine for Christmas.
• 5/5 from Amélie, attended Jan 2025: Fantastic sewing workshop. Friendly, patient colleague, showed me everything I needed to know, in clear and easy steps. Would definitely recommend, and will be back with future projects. Thank you for your time.
• 4/5 from Lyndsay Jeffery, attended Jan 2025: Lovely demonstrator. Unfortunately time was lost due to incorrect foot pedal meaning machine didn’t work. Once all back working, I had a really helpful session.
• 5/5 from Karen Lesley Etherington, attended Oct 2024: Great one to one class, loved Donna who was very informative m, learnt a lot in the hour slot, highly recommended
• 5/5 from Angela Oram, attended Oct 2024: Donna was very helpful. She went through the machines and their settings and I was able to do some practice sewing on a template she provided. She was also very helpful on explaining about good quality cottons and ideas on simple sewing projects to start with. I never felt rushed or silly at my age to be having a sewing machine lesson. Has done myconfidence the world of good.
• 5/5 from Joanne Jones, attended Aug 2024: After somehow forgetting almost completely how to use a sewing machine I booked on for a 1:1 session. Louise is very knowledgeable, very personable and so patient absolutely loved this session and came away with so many useful tips. Tha k you Louise, I enjoyed every minute of it. I have left feeling much more confident.
• 5/5 from Jane Klückers, attended Jul 2024: A lovely patient Donna took me through the sewing machines available and how they worked. Exactly why I booked!
• 5/5 from Jane Clatworthy, attended Jul 2024: My visit was enjoyable and informative and met all my expectations and needs. Thank you.
• 5/5 from Simone Kaptur, attended Jul 2024: A wonderful refresher with a refreshing teacher! Taken to find my way around a new machine. Staff lovely, patient, clear, kind and just as enthusiastic. It was a pleasure
• 5/5 from Lesley Rothera, attended Jun 2024: Donna was really helpful and answered all my questions. Plenty of materials to hand that I was able to practice with.
• 5/5 from Mary Kinsella, attended Jun 2024: So relaxed, lovely lady and answered all my questions. Very helpful for me to carry on sewing
• 5/5 from Sandy Cundy, attended May 2024: Great tuition really helpful and I came away with confidence to start sewing again. Every question was answered knowledgeably and explained clearly. Really enjoyed my 1-2-1 worth every Penny.
• 5/5 from Elizabeth Merriman, attended Apr 2024: I really enjoyed my one to one class learning how to set up and use a sewing machine. The venue was west Worthing, I was greeted and taken to a workshop area which had everything ready to use. My instructor was very helpful and pleasant. I was shown how to thread the machine up and all the components of the machine were explained. Then I had an opportunity to have a go at stitching.any general questions I had were answered and the session had a lovely relaxed enjoyable vibe. Brilliant for novices like me with little idea of how to use a sewing machine. Gave me confidence to get stuck in to a new hobby. Many thanks to my friendly and helpful teacher!
• 5/5 from Chris Leadbetter, attended Mar 2024: The workshop was excellent, I think the teacher was Emily she made the class such fun, didn't make me feel like an idiot for not knowing things about the new machine. Between us we discovered things neither of us knew. The venue was fine, a bit noisy with the rain hitting the roof. the fabric that gave us projects to do to use the dials was inspired idea. We found that the manual is a bit light on information but an experienced sewer could work things out for themselves, a total novice might struggle a bit. The Navy blue on the machine where the marker are is difficult to see (navy on navy) needs the line to be highlighted I used tipp-ex on mine to make it clearer. We both learnt how to use the auto threader it's tricky, definitely a knack to it. The scallop stitch does not come out as the picture shows. Very good value for money
• 4/5 from Sasha Lankshear, attended Mar 2024: Donna was great, very patient and helpful. Was a complete beginner intro to sewing machine. Materials provided were basic but perfect for the session. Learnt how to do the basics of putting thread onto bobbin, loading the bobbin & thread, different functionality of the machine including different stitches and how to securely start and end stitches. Now I need to go off and practice so I can get started However I felt that, even though I was lucky to get the session on a slightly reduce price, for what it was I think the cost could have been a lot less. Yes I appreciate Donna spent an hour with me & I used some thread, some sample material, a machine and it was an hour long session but we’d covered off probably after half an hour and I don’t feel I needed to really book a session like that to learn what I did - I could have asked a member of staff to talk me through how to load up the machine. Next time I will do that instead of paying money out unnecessarily Although it did help give me some confidence in getting started so Donna thank you
• 5/5 from Susan, attended Feb 2024: Gemma was ready and waiting for us to attend our first sewing machine lesson. She explained things clearly to two novices and we went away happy to start our new hobby. Good value for two students, but a shame further classes are not available locally.
• 5/5 from Chloe, attended Nov 2023: Brilliant! So informative and helpful. I feel totally inspired to go ahead and start using my machine instead of it collecting dust in my living room! Thank you so much!
• 5/5 from Margaret White, attended Sep 2023: Debbie was an excellent person to show me how to use my machine. She went through all the basic stitches & seam types & also advised me on fabrics etc. I came away feeling very positive that I could now make a garment.
• 5/5 from Sarah McGlennon, attended Sep 2023: Fantastic hour well spent getting to grips with the basics. Covered everything I wanted to.
• 5/5 from Jan Holliday, attended Aug 2023: Louise was brilliant, great sense of humour & step-by-step directions on how to get started on a 19S sewing machine. It was a fabulous session & I came away feeling very confident.
• 5/5 from Sue Scanlon, attended Jul 2023: my session was held yesterday friday 29 july 2.00pm to 3, 00pm. Gemma was from the beginning of tutoring extremely welcoming to me and made me feel at ease. Gemma was also so patient and was happy to go over time and time again how to thread the bobbin on the machine and and let me practice with out feeling awkward.Gemma was truly excellent.
• 5/5 from Georgina Downs, attended Jul 2023: Great very helpful friendly staff. Thoroughly enjoyed the class would book again. (this is based on previous class as this one was moved)
• 5/5 from Georgina Downs, attended Jul 2023: Debbie was lovely and helpful and the time passed very quickly. I learnt things I hadn’t even thought of! Looking forward to next time.
• 5/5 from Georgina Downs, attended Jul 2023: Abi was very patient and answered all my questions and made many more points besides. I would def recommend and will be returning.
• 5/5 from Sarah Bastow, attended Jun 2023: Abbi was super patient, calm and knowledgeable and taught us everything we needed to know.
• 5/5 from Lyndsay Jeffery, attended May 2023: Fantastic class. Very knowledgable and helpful instructor. I’m keen to buy a sewing machine now and will be back for more advice!
• 5/5 from Claire Stanford, attended May 2023: Lois was a great teacher and fully explained and answered all the questions that we asked. Would definitely go to another class.
• 5/5 from Alison Chowdhury, attended May 2023: Gemma taught me how to start from scratch with my new sewing machine. She was patient, knowledgeable and a great teacher. Definitely value for money and I would recommend Gemma. Thank you
• 5/5 from Annette Agutu, attended Apr 2023: Wry useful demonstration of the basic operation of a Jerome sewing machine included was how to thread the bobbin and needle and to change the walking feet and had a chance to practice these. I was able to have a little play with sewing a straight line running stitch and some free motion circles, which was helpful. Abby was very friendly and knowledgeable in her approach. I really enjoyed the session and gained a lot of information in a short time. Thanks so much.
• 5/5 from Fiona Parker, attended Mar 2023: Lois was an excellent teacher for a complete novice ; worked at my pace and gave me plenty of opportunities to practice what she’d demonstrated. Will be definitely return for another session. Excellent value
• 5/5 from Kate Nicholson, attended Mar 2023: I booked a lesson on putting in a basic zip, however, as I'm making a skirt with a concealed zip, Abbie used that instead. I've never done one before and she talked me through each step, which I then did on the machine. She showed me how to correct the mistakes I made and was positive and encouraging throughout. It was enjoyable and I came away with much more confidence and a sense of achievement. I will definitely book again as I build my skills and I highly recommend.
• 3/5 from Margaret White, attended Feb 2023: Very happy with demonstration. Every aspect of the sewing machine covered well. We’ll find you.