One-to-one Sewing Workshop

Recent reviews of One-to-one Sewing Workshop

• 5/5 from Yasmin Wahedna, attended Sep 2026: I booked a class to u destined my sewing machine and all the uses and what could get out of it. Can’t wait to try them out
• 5/5 from Jackie Harding, attended Jul 2026: Carole was so patient!! She had such a wide spectrum of knowledge there was nothing I asked she couldn’t answer. She seemed to know all the stock in the shop and could make suggestions for items that would help me in my project. She showed me how to set up the machine then coached me till I felt I got, it was a brilliant session and I wouldn’t hesitate booking more.
• 5/5 from Nicky Baggen, attended Apr 2026: I was looking to learn about the basic set up of the Hobbycraft sewing machine (19s). Clare was my teacher and she was amazing! She took me through all the steps to get started and showed me different stitches etc and gave me advice on a project I had in mind. She absolutely knows her stuff, she was very patient and good at explaining to me (a newbie to sewing). I'm now feeling confident and look forward to starting sewing! Thanks Clare!
• 5/5 from Rosalind Mezo, attended Feb 2026: Clair was very informative and friendly answering all our questions
• 5/5 from Chloe Turner, attended Dec 2025: Clare was very helpful and it was evident that she was knowledge about the equipment and relevant skills.
• 4/5 from Iris Marles, attended Dec 2025: Learn about how to set up my machine properly and the best way to tackle stretch material
• 5/5 from Tracy Dobson, attended Nov 2025: Thank you for all your help in making sure i was using my machine properly and help with how to use a pattern for clothing
• 5/5 from Lucy McKeown, attended Nov 2025: Teacher was great. Very clear and calm with my daughter. She now cant wait to make a start on her sewing machine project at home. Thank you
• 5/5 from Alison Boyles, attended Jul 2025: I wanted to know how to do buttonholes. My teacher was Claire and she tutored me on a previous one-to-one. This time she showed me how to attach my button hole foot, how to change my needles (as I'm a beginner at 63yrs old). Claire also advised me on material and needles for that as well as working out my measuerments. She explains everything in down to earth terms and that is so important to me because I then get the exact results I want. She is simply fantastic. The store was very neat and tidy, the work station was set up and ready to go. I couldn't be happier. Claire is a credit to your company, pleasant, professional and a real pleasure to learn from. The ladies at the tills were also very nice as always. No complaints at all.
• 5/5 from Cristiana Voinea, attended Apr 2025: Our teacher was very patient and thorough in explaining the basics of using the sewing machine. She also advised us on our personal project and answered all of our questions. Brilliant support throughout! Thank you!
• 5/5 from Sarah Simms, attended Apr 2025: We went to learn how to put a zip in a makeup bag, the teacher taught my daughter how to make the makeup bag with a zip. She also gave tips on different technics. Helped her use the machine and tips about thread, materials and needles. This was such a great experience and my daughter aged 13 came away feeling confident. The teacher was friendly and helpful as well as being very knowledgable. Really impressed
• 5/5 from Zoe Sargeant, attended Jan 2025: Booked for my daughters 14th birthday. She had received a sewing machine and was eager to learn how to get it set up etc. she said she was now confident with the machine as a result of the class and is glad she got to go. She said Claire was very knowledgeable and easy to learn from. Thank you
• 5/5 from Sarah Lockley, attended Jan 2025: Young learner first time sewing machine lesson. The teacher was really friendly and provided clear instructions. Received great advice for start up materials required. Due to the excellent session when we got home we flew through the set up and the excitement of sewing commenced. Thank you
• 5/5 from Lorraine Mycock, attended Nov 2024: Claire was brilliant and helped me to gain confidence in using my new sewing machine, which I have purchased from Hobbycraft. Claire is a very good teacher and guided me to now looking forward to using my sewing machine for many projects. A HUGE THANK YOU.
• 5/5 from Alison, attended Nov 2024: The beginners one-to-one was great indeed all thanks to the wonderful lady Clare who tutored us. She is professional, super knowledgable, lovely to learn from, we both felt really welcome and at ease with Clare. Shes a 12 out of 10 lady.Now I feel confident, really looking forward to starting to use my lovely machine. I have learned how to thread up my machine, about bobbins, threads, different types of stitches, tension intact so much we don't have enough space to record it
• 5/5 from Anonymised ClassBento customer, attended Nov 2024: Just had an amazing one to one lesson with Claire as I have never used an electric sewing machine She was very patient & informative & the practical session was brilliant. Would thoroughly recommend!
• 5/5 from Susan Worrall, attended Nov 2024: Really inciteful class. Teacher excellent, friendly, very knowledgeable. Credit to Hobbycraft. Learnt alot in an hour and really enjoyable.
• 5/5 from Tracey Edwards, attended Oct 2024: No occasion I just needed a refresher on my sewing machine etc. Claire Kingsway) was very knowledgeable and a brilliant teacher. I learnt everything I needed to know and more and it was definitely good value. I enjoyed everything and I will be returning for more courses in the future.
• 5/5 from Sue Henrick, attended Oct 2024: Clare was lovely, very patient in explaining things. Gave full instructions and even.let us practice to make sure we understood things. It was nice being able to have it has a one to one basis. All equipment was provided.
• 5/5 from Val Williams, attended Oct 2024: Great help from Clare. Went through the machine’s operation and did a few trials, especially on buttonholes and hidden hemming. Now time to practice.
• 4/5 from Anonymised ClassBento customer, attended Oct 2024: It was a birthday treat from my daughter as she had bought me a sewing machine a few years ago but I haven’t been able to use it. So the lesson was really helpful and has made me feel comfortable with making a start on using my machine and hopefully I’ll be able to create something over the next few months. I learnt how to attach the bobbin and a few different stitches. It was suggested I should start with cotton as the materiel is easier to use.
• 5/5 from Megan Thomas, attended Aug 2024: I wanted to book as lesson as I am buying my first sewing machine and didn’t know which one would work best for me. I came away knowing a lot about the different machines, feeling more confident in using them and an idea of what I will need for intended projects.
• 5/5 from Anonymised ClassBento customer, attended Aug 2024: Many thanks to Jo-Jo for the one to one workshop at the Derby store. She gave me some insight to a sewing machine that I’ve had for a number of years and not really know how to use. I’m looking forward to getting started!
• 5/5 from Angela Deakin, attended Jul 2024: The one to one was absolutely fantastic. The session exceeded my expectations. Great value for money.
• 5/5 from Kim, attended Jul 2024: Well what can I say? Danny made me feel at ease from the start, friendly and informative. All materials were provided, sense of humour came for free! Really enjoyed the whole experience which inspired me to want to know more, so I will be booking again for pattern reading.
• 5/5 from Sandra Beardmore, attended Feb 2024: Great class personalised to me and the machine I have bought, along with the projects I am working on. Including extra hints and tips that I would never have thought of using.
• 5/5 from Mary Rose, attended Feb 2024: I needed tuition on my new sewing machine which I purchased from Hobbycraft. My teacher was most knowledgeable on the computerised sewing machine. She showed me how to use the various attachments, stitches and modes. The class was good value although everyone likes to get value for money, I think a little give away like a simple needle tidy made with scraps of fabric which would take a few minutes for the student to make while getting used to the machine.
• 5/5 from Steve Locker, attended Jan 2024: I had a beginner’s embroidery workshop on a silver sewing machine. A big thanks to Jojo an awesome experience she had all the knowledge of the machine. Excellent value for money and nothing was too much trouble. A big thank you from myself. I have I inserted a picture of my first attempt back home. I’ve had my machine 3 years and today was my first time. Many thanks again Steve L.
• 5/5 from Jacqui Alexander, attended Jan 2024: Brilliant hour spent with Jo at Hobbycraft in Derby, teaching me everything I asked for and more. She was kind, patient, a good listener, thorough and encouraging. Highly recommend, thank you.
• 5/5 from Sarah Gilleard, attended Jan 2024: My ten year old daughter and I just had a sewing 1:1 with Vicky- she was amazing Very friendly and welcoming, immediately put my daughter at ease. Clear and structured coaching with lots of hands on practice. Vicky answered all of our questions and gave helpful tips to remember. We really enjoyed the session and can’t wait to get started at home. This is a wonderful service you offer. Thank you very much
• 4/5 from Alexandra Lewis, attended Jan 2024: Very helpful, interesting, gave me a great opportunity to try a digital sewing machine against a Manual machine before purchasing. I have never see a button hole on a machine before, the lady was very helpful with this and I now have another skill, amazing. Thank you.
• 5/5 from Valerie Tatlow, attended Nov 2023: All I needed to know and more! Excellent teacher! Given me the confidence to get started.
• 5/5 from Kimberley Morgan, attended Oct 2023: I had a really good workshop this morning. I got to learn how to use my sewing machine. He was really friendly and made me feel completly at ease and have more confidence in doing my own projects going forward.
• 5/5 from Bernadette Drake, attended Sep 2023: Danny was so patient and talked through the buttonhole procedure so clearly. He, also, showed me how to sew a button on. A complete game changer for me. Thank you, Danny. You were amazing
• 5/5 from Bev Ward, attended Sep 2023: This was really good informative motivational and definitely inspiring. Danny was patient as we are beginners and we had a lot of questions
• 5/5 from Jaci Black, attended Sep 2023: Really helpful class, answered all my questions and I left feeling more confident, helped me understand my sewing machine better and taught me some of the functions I hadn’t tried
• 5/5 from Emma Upton, attended Aug 2023: Danny was brilliant! Put my daughter at ease, explained everything until she got it. He was warm and approachable. Very informative. Would highly recommend. Really enjoyed the session. We’ll be back.
• 5/5 from Alice Genders, attended Aug 2023: Clare was so helpful and knowledgable, she explained everything so well and in so much detail. She was super friendly and easy to talk to, thank you!
• 5/5 from Alicia Finney, attended Aug 2023: It was my daughter's second lesson, and as with the first, we found it to be excellent. Clare the teacher was really friendly and knowledgeable. She answered all my daughter's questions and helped her with a couple of things she was having problems with. Can very highly recommend Hobbycraft sewing lessons.
• 5/5 from Andie Short, attended Jul 2023: Lovely tutorial, helpful and informative. Venue was good. Printouts provided Very happy with the hour.
• 5/5 from Alicia Finney, attended Jul 2023: My daughter had an absolutely fantastic sewing class, thank you so much to Vicky and Danny. She learnt so much more, it was well worth it. Vicky and Danny were so patient, happy to answer her questions and I really can't recommend them enough.
• 5/5 from Laura Smith, attended Jul 2023: Danny was brilliant, very patient with me as a nervous sewing machine user, I wasn't made to feel silly for asking silly questions and he addressed all of my potential future sewing needs. Couldn't be happier and walked out with a new machine as a result.
• 5/5 from Pauline Green, attended Jul 2023: Lovely teacher. Really good advice and ideas given. Very excited about learning how to do a button hole.
• 5/5 from Joyce Baldwin, attended Jun 2023: The lady who took me for the class was wonderful, I have a brother machine and I took the manual with me. Although the lady could not show me how to use the machine, she managed to answer many of my questions. including how to line, put a zip in correctly and how the tension and some other things work.
• 5/5 from Jeeva Selvarajah, attended Jun 2023: My teacher was knowledgeable, encouraging and able to talk me through the application of my skill-set to re-ignite an old understanding of stitching and re-introduce confidence in existing abilities. The venue for me was great as it was close to home and spacious and comfortable in it's layout. The materials ie. a cloth version of a worksheet, took you step by step through the learning process and hence provided an ideal pace of learning. I purchased the 1 to 1 workshop during a period where there was a discounted offer and I think it was absolutely great value for money. I learnt top stitching, stopping and starting a stitch, stitching around corners and how to hem a trouser leg. All of which I wanted to learn and all of which will provide me with the best jumping off point to start stitching again. I liked it all and would thoroughly recommend it to anyone.
• 5/5 from Isla-Rose Ellis, attended Jun 2023: The member of staff (Danny) was extremely knowledgeable and explained everything in a very clear and easy to understand way. My daughter left with a big smile because she now feels a lot more confident using her new sewing machine so thank you
• 5/5 from Pauline Green, attended Jun 2023: Instructor was great, very informative and patient. Learnt how to use machine/ sew in an hour Can’t wait wait to go back to look at a sewing pattern.
• 3/5 from Suki Johal, attended Jun 2023: My appointment had been rescheduled for the 15th june@ 3 to 4pm. No one was available.
• 5/5 from Sarah Lockley, attended May 2023: Bought as a gift for my wife as she wants to start sewing as a hobby. She thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend it to any newcomer.
• 5/5 from Stephanie Blanksby, attended Apr 2023: Excellent workshop, Claire covered a lot of detail and was very informative on how to use a sewing machine, came away learning what I needed and also a lot of new idea. Would highly recommend.