One-to-one Sewing Workshop

Recent reviews of One-to-one Sewing Workshop

• 5/5 from Regina Fafiolu, attended May 2026: Ky was very supportive, patient with me and understanding. Staff at Hobby craft Bristol welcomed me well and they were friendly I learnt important parts of my machine, threading the machine safely and practised. It was fun, enjoyable and interesting. Thank you Ky. I shall be in touch.
• 5/5 from Prya Goomannee, attended Apr 2026: Mia was so nice and positive. I learned some new things. I would definitely go again.
• 5/5 from Mouna Rajashekar, attended Feb 2026: We were very happy with the service, the lady made it the lesson fun and easy to understand
• 5/5 from Marie Sellars, attended Feb 2026: Ky was fantastic, amazing knowledge. Also, patient, sharing lots of tips and funny. I had a great time and learnt so much in a hour. Really excited about applying what I learn at home, would 100% recommend.
• 5/5 from Lesley Griffiths, attended Nov 2025: Very helpful! Brought my own machine and worked out all the things I needed to know.
• 5/5 from Stephanie Spragg, attended Nov 2025: As a complete beginner the class was so useful in teaching me about the machine and how to set it up. The teacher was lovely, friendly and helpful. If only I could remember her name!!! I would definitely recommend this class and will probably book another one in the future to develop the skill further.
• 5/5 from Karina James-Wiltshire, attended May 2025: Katie was a brilliant teacher and helped me with an alteration to a skirt. This was a great present to me from a friend and I highly recommend it!
• 5/5 from Jo, attended Mar 2025: I wanted to build on my confidence in sewing using a machine, how to cut out a pattern, how to hem curtains and how to sew bias binding piping onto a cushion. Ky my teacher was amazing and helped me with everything I wanted to achieve out of the session. She let me fix a rip in my beanbag cover which helped me build confidence in using the sewing machine. Very knowledgeable and great sense of humour! Venue and materials to use and experiment with were perfect.
• 5/5 from Theresa van der Merwe, attended Nov 2024: I had a fantastic 1-to-1 sewing workshop today! Katie was incredibly knowledgeable and patiently demonstrated everything I wanted to learn. She explained things clearly, making the session both enjoyable and informative. My husband observed too, which is great because now I have someone to turn to if I get stuck. Overall, I’m really glad I signed up for this session—it was absolutely worth it!
• 5/5 from Claire, attended Oct 2024: Katie (Bristol Cribbs Causeway) was so helpful, patient and knowledgeable when showing me the basics of a sewing machine. Would recommend a one to one lessons to any beginner.
• 5/5 from Christine Bye, attended Oct 2024: My teacher was very patient and explained in simple terms that I could understand. I am purchasing a machine for the first time. She taught me to set up machine and bobbin, change needle and explained stitches and tension. I will now have the confidence to get started straight away practicing, instead of not having any ideal.
• 5/5 from Ella Jones, attended Sep 2024: Bernadette was so friendly and taught me everything I asked her to. Very very worth it!
• 5/5 from Natasha Ralph, attended Aug 2024: I booked a 1:1 sewing machine lesson for my daughter as a present. The lady was very knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. Thank you!
• 4/5 from Helen, attended Aug 2024: I really appreciated being able to have one-to-one help as I was able to ask basic questions which perhaps with other people I might have felt silly asking. Most of the sewing that I do is alterations to clothes which are too long in the body or sleeves and I have been wondering for some time about how best to do this on the different fabrics. Bridget gave me lots of advice and I now have a lot more confidence with how to tackle the jobs.
• 5/5 from Amanda Huertas, attended Jul 2024: Katie was great. Showed my daughter the basics and gave her the confidence to start her own sewing projects. Thanks!
• 3/5 from Chris Ford, attended Jul 2024: Disappointed that trainer was having the same problems as I am having at home. Winding a bobbin and basic stitching. This was due to his inexperience, we were both as bad as one another! It took three quarters if an hour to get threaded up properly and stitching and I managed to have a go myself in the last 10 mins. I will have another go on my machine at home and if getting the same problem will be bringing it back.
• 5/5 from Dawn, attended Jun 2024: The lady was very helpful and taught me alot I am now hoping to make myself a dress as she was very inspirational it was a nice atmosphere the lady made me feel at ease to ask questions and she didn't mind repeating herself when I didn't quite understand I would recommend the lesson to anyone
• 5/5 from Hazel Brinkworth, attended Jun 2024: The lady was lovely. Showed me all I needed to know and additionally some tips on quilting. I needed a refresher on a modern sewing machine to use the one I recently purchased from Hobbycraft.
• 5/5 from Marabee Fountain, attended May 2024: Carroll was very patient with my 11 year old daughter. She explained all of the basics of the machine in an easy to understand manner.
• 5/5 from Gill Crichton, attended May 2024: The teacher was very friendly, helpful and persistent so she managed to sort out the problem plus gave me several other useful tips
• 5/5 from Sharon Hanham, attended Mar 2024: Thanks to the lovely teacher at Hobbycraft I can now use a sewing machine. She was very patient, explained and demonstrated before letting me loose. I will now be fixixing hems and taking up curtains.
• 5/5 from Julie Darley, attended Mar 2024: Carroll was very informative and enthusiastic. I learnt how to use my zipper, button hole and quilting foot, plus the auto needle threader (a godsend) plus much more. I only wish I’d booked two hours. This was great value for money
• 5/5 from Sarah Matthews, attended Mar 2024: Guidance on sewing bias binding. All the useful tips and information. Advice on general maintenance of your machine. The right way to insert a bobbin and how yo check tension is correct. Starting off as a beginner, this 1:1 has given me confidence. Highly recommended.
• 5/5 from Rachel Taylor, attended Feb 2024: Carol was brilliant, she explained everything clearly, and was so friendly and helpful.She showed me how everything worked onmy machine. I can’t wait to book another session The class was excellent value for money. Would definitely recommend
• 5/5 from Jessica, attended Dec 2023: Carroll was a brilliant teacher. She explained how to set up and use a sewing machine to my daughter. My daughter really enjoyed trying the sewing machine and now definitely wants one of her own.
• 5/5 from Sylvia Tanner, attended Nov 2023: Carol was 1st class patient, knowledgeable, talked in a language that I could under stand showed how to insert a zip. Making sure sewing machine was set up right gave tips on bobbins, and lots of other good things I need to feel more confident in using my machine.
• 5/5 from Sheila Sarkodie, attended Nov 2023: I had a excellent workshop My teacher was great and excellent I will definitely come back. Thank you
• 5/5 from Liz Pell, attended Oct 2023: Carol was very welcoming and friendly. She met the brief of introducing us to a sewing machine. We had bought one from Hobbycraft opting for the Janome and just wanted to know how to get started. She did give us confidence.
• 5/5 from Abbe Rodgers, attended Oct 2023: Really enjoyed my workshop with Carroll. She was so knowledgeable and really friendly. I feel like I can totally complete my sewing project now. Thank you!
• 5/5 from Danielle Starling, attended Oct 2023: I booked a 1-1 workshop at the Bristol store. I've recently bought a hobbycraft sewing machine but as I've not used one in a long time I hadn't even opened the box as I was really unsure of what I needed to do. I was booked in with Katie, and I was told it was her first workshop if I hadn't been told that I would never have known! I had an amazing hour with Katie showing me how to use the different features of the machine and how to set it up properly. She answered all of my questions with ease and was really supportive. I'd genuinely book on to a workshop with Katie leading it for basically anything! She was really great and I really enjoyed the session. As it ended, she took me down to the sewing section to show me some different accessories we'd been talking about. No hard sell, just recommendations based on things she uses for her own projects.
• 5/5 from Helen Mackay, attended Sep 2023: I had a really informative sewing machine session with a knowledgeable lovely member of Staff. I needed to start right at the beginning of using an electric sewing machine and I really learnt so much. I thoroughly enjoyed the session and would recommend it to anyone. Thank you.
• 5/5 from Barbara Hillier, attended Sep 2023: I was very happy with my instructor she was knowledgeable extremely pleasant I would highly recommend her she knows her job very well It was a fine ambassador for Hobbycraft master classes
• 5/5 from Sasha Adra, attended Aug 2023: Carroll was fantastic, she went through all the queries we had when we signed up, had lovely colourful material ready for us to practice on, showed us how to make a scrunchy, put a zip in, and had a few minutes left to practice sewing in a straight line
• 5/5 from Lisa Bartlett, attended Aug 2023: We loved the lady that done the sawing machine lesson with us and showed us what we was doing wrong we got home and now my daughter can us it as it is working now thank you so much to the lady for helping us very happy
• 5/5 from Helen Seaman, attended Jul 2023: The teacher was excellent, and I have come away from my lesson feeling that I understand how my machine works and how to read a pattern. I also appreciated all the tips and tricks she shared with me. It was a very enjoyable experience.
• 5/5 from Julie Palmer, attended Jul 2023: The one to one class with Carol was very good. She was very knowledgable and informative. I am new to sewing and needed help understanding how to use my sewing machine
• 5/5 from Hilary Parfit, attended Jul 2023: I booked in for a One to One Sewing session with Carol at Cribbs Causeway. I wanted a new sewing machine but had no idea what to buy. Carol was amazing she was very knowledgeable and listened to me explaining about the sewing projects I wanted to do then recommended appropriate machines. At no time did I feel under pressure to buy. Thank you Carol I am very pleased with my new machine.
• 5/5 from Oriana Castanedo, attended Jul 2023: Caroll was great! She fixed my issue with my sewing machine in the blink of an eye. She was very helpful and very experienced, I was definitely able to learn a lot from her. Would recommend this to anyone :)
• 5/5 from Mary Padbury, attended May 2023: Teacher was firstly patient and non judgemental about my abilities regarding my machine. She was extremely knowledgeable, took her time with me allowing me to try everything more than once. Gave me a demonstration on one of hobby crafts sewing machine and allowed me to have a go on it too so I could see the difference between machines.
• 5/5 from Martha Lomanto, attended May 2023: It was an excellent worshop, I learned more than expected! Will probably book another session after I do some practice.
• 5/5 from Mollie Whittaker, attended May 2023: Caroll (trainer) was absolutely wonderful, I was well engaged and throughly enjoyed my session. The team helped my purchase my first sewing machine and thanks to the class, I knew how to get started once I got home. Would definitely recommend to anyone looking to get in to sewing or just as a really informative top up! Thank you!
• 5/5 from Lyn Palmer, attended Mar 2023: Carol was really good. I needed to know how to set up and use my new machine. She showed me all I needed to know and more, and gave me the confidence I needed. Highly recommend and I will definitely be back.
• 5/5 from Sarah Mills, attended Mar 2023: Great 1:1 sewing lesson. I was a complete beginner and I have never used a sewing machine before -always found them scary and daunting! The lesson was pitched perfectly for me and gave me all the information and knowledge to buy the correct first sewing machine. The teacher clearly had lots of experience and made the lesson fun and engaging - with lots of opportunities to ask questions. Hobbycraft at Cribbs is perfect as there is loads of parking outside, making the whole experience less stressful and after the class I could buy everything I needed to start my sewing journey afterwards. I think that £20 is extremely good value. Many thanks, I can't wait to start sewing!
• 5/5 from Nicolette Howell, attended Feb 2023: Really enjoyed the teaching session and managed to get grips with most things being taught to me. Easy to follow instructions from Carolin. Nice to have a private area situated for this as less interruption.
• 5/5 from Pippa Laas-Richards, attended Jan 2023: She was very helpful and great at explaining everything. She not only helped me with my current project but helped me think long term about sewing
• 5/5 from Gillian, attended Dec 2022: Carroll was an excellent tutor I learnt some new tricks I bought the sewing machine and am looking forward to some happy sewing days
• 5/5 from Mary Padbury, attended Nov 2022: Excellent teacher explained everything clearly and also then demonstrated talking me through each step. Gave me ample opportunity to practice and offered easy options. Very pleased and will be booking further sessions in the new year. Mary Padbury
• 5/5 from Kirsty Brisker, attended Oct 2022: Carrol was fantastic at explaining things clearly. Her experience was obvious and she helped us to find everything we needed. She gave us recommendations and was amazing.
• 5/5 from Gail Froom, attended Sep 2022: My sewing experience with Carroll was very good, she explained everything very well and she is very knowledgeable.
• 4/5 from Jennifer Lippiatt, attended Aug 2022: The teacher was excellent, very knowledgeable and explained several different functions of the sewing machine which I found really helpful. It’s given me greater confidence in using my machine.