One-to-one Sewing Workshop

Recent reviews of One-to-one Sewing Workshop

• 5/5 from Dorottya Koltai-Chakraborty, attended Apr 2026: Carolyn was cery knowledgeable and gave me good pointers for my future projects and how to use the sewing machine correctly.
• 5/5 from Eugenia Brown, attended Mar 2026: Great class! Carolyn was lovely, she explained how my machine works, answered all my questions and gave me a lot of great advice on my projects and materials. Would recommend!
• 3/5 from Lindsay Harrison, attended Feb 2026: I learned the basics for using a sewing machine, and the teacher was lovely. However, there didn't seem to be any other staff around to help customers so my teacher spent time having to help them find things, answer questions, and the lesson was frequently interrupted. Frustrating when I had paid for a 1:1 lesson.
• 5/5 from Gail McKerrow, attended Nov 2025: Exactly what I was looking for x
• 5/5 from Fiona Noble, attended Oct 2025: Carolyn was really knowledgeable and gave my daughter a great introduction to using her sewing machine - highly recommend!
• 5/5 from Emily Davies, attended Jul 2025: Carolyn was great, friendly and really informative! Very helpful and will be buying the sewing machine she recommended!
• 5/5 from Jacqueline Barlow, attended May 2025: Carolyn was a super teacher - learned how to thread and use our sewing machine confidently - thank you!
• 3/5 from Kate Bower, attended Jan 2025: was cancelled due to the wind waiting to hear back re reschedule as of yet nobody has called
• 4/5 from Polly Mackay, attended Dec 2024: Helped us set up sewing machine. Thank you.
• 5/5 from Mehreen Zaman, attended Nov 2024: Eilidh (don’t know how to spell the name) was approachable and kind with her instructions and advice. Thank you, will likely be back when I’ve improved and want to learn more!
• 5/5 from Brionna Wilson, attended Jul 2024: Our teacher was very kind and patient, and went over everything we needed to start learning to use a sewing machine at home. Very happy.
• 5/5 from Drew Gibson, attended Jul 2024: I had a fantastic experience at the workshop thanks to Carolyn. She was incredibly helpful, demonstrating extensive knowledge and patience throughout the session. Carolyn provided numerous valuable tips that made it much easier to understand and apply. Her approachability and willingness to address all my questions made a difference. Highly recommended!
• 5/5 from Fiona Walker, attended Jun 2024: Great class and super helpful! Feeling more confident with getting started on my sewing machine.
• 5/5 from Sophie, attended May 2024: I was learning the basic functions of a sewing machine the teacher was very nice and didn't go to fast.
• 5/5 from Laura Brumfitt, attended May 2024: I had a great time. It was really informative and I was able to use a machine before buying it
• 5/5 from Mhairi Hastie, attended Apr 2024: This was a basic introduction to using a sewing machine for my adult daughter and a revision of skills long since forgotten for meWe were taken through the basics of the sewing machine offering advice as we went on before trying out all the features. Suggestions were made on how to use them throughout. We learnt how to make button holes and put in a zip. It was at the perfect pace and any questions we had were answered. It was an extremely worthwhile session and now we are both raring to go!
• 5/5 from Shannon Smith Horner, attended Apr 2024: Carolyn in Edinburgh is a absolute fountain of knowledge. I am a complete beginner and has no clue what I was looking for or needing.
• 5/5 from Anonymised ClassBento customer, attended Apr 2024: Emily was really great and talked us through all the basics and fundamentals and we tried lots of different stitches. We both feel much more confident to start sewing!
• 5/5 from Fiona Swann, attended Apr 2024: I received instruction on how to use my model of sewing machine in a very knowledgeable and professional manner by Emily, a delightful young lady, who has boosted my self confidence for developing my sewing skills. Good value and very enjoyable.
• 5/5 from Evelyn Durham, attended Apr 2024: I was there to learn about the Hobbycraft 19S sewing machine. Emily was the tutor and she was very friendly and knowledgeable and made the session really worthwhile and relaxing. I would not hesitate to join another workshop in the future.
• 5/5 from Dyanne Agboke, attended Apr 2024: Very good, highly recommend, teacher very kind and patient. Total beginner, so she need to be Bought sewing machine, now on steep learning curve, as unfortunately I could not bring her home
• 5/5 from Norma Burgoyne, attended Mar 2024: Very helpful. Patience and knowledge shown throughout lesson. All questions answered very politely and concisely.
• 5/5 from Christine Thomas, attended Mar 2024: Emily was very helpful and patient with me. She showed me the different aspects of my sewing machine, giving me hands on experience of how to use the different stitches, how to do a buttonhole and sewing on a button. How to change the foot and do some free embroidery. Emily also helped me understand the importance of getting the tension right for different weights of material. All in all a very positive experience and good value for money.
• 5/5 from Lisa Conlan, attended Mar 2024: I learned how to use sewing machine. Good to see how to thread needle, insert and fill bobbin, change needle and foot. Learned about tension and all the different stitches. Gave buttonholes a try and some embroidery. Good value for money to get started. Nice calm patient mentor
• 5/5 from Carole Tracey, attended Mar 2024: Great session today - ticked all boxes for me gone from frighted to take machine out of box to coming home and putting extra button hole on a coat - thanks for providing these session
• 5/5 from Isobel Little, attended Feb 2024: Carolyn was great - taking us over setting up our new sewing machine along with basic operation. She then went on to advise us on a number of useful and handy items to purchase and some fat quarter materials to experiment with. A great hour. Thank you.
• 5/5 from Lesley-Ann Meikle, attended Feb 2024: Great workshop. Now feel a lot more confident and ready to get started on my sewing machine!
• 5/5 from Rhona Murdoch, attended Jan 2024: Friendly teacher Focused on what I wanted out of the session Really Useful for what I wanted
• 5/5 from Silvia Agostini, attended Jan 2024: I had this class with Emily who was very sweet and informative with me. I used a sewing machine about 10 or 15 years ago, so I am very rusty, and Emily went through all the basics and gave me some nice extra tips on things to try (button hole, corners etc). A very worthwhile hour!
• 5/5 from Anonymised ClassBento customer, attended Dec 2023: Booked this class for my 11 year old daughter having brought her a sewing machine for Christmas. Her teacher (I think her name was Emily) was amazing! So patient and friendly. And a fantastic influence on my nervous daughter. We learnt so much and came away confident to start sewing at home. Thank you so much. We will be back!
• 5/5 from Katie, attended Dec 2023: Teacher was so lovely! Learned how to set up the machine and change bobbins and stuff! Did some different stitches and learned to hem! Had a great time :)
• 5/5 from Katarzyna Zuk, attended Nov 2023: That was my first time ever when I could use sewing machine. I am very sorry, I don’t remember the super friendly girl name, who did the 1-2-1. Just wanted to say that it was great and I can only recommend this workshop. Straight after the workshop I bought one of the machines from the store ;)
• 5/5 from Lynsey, attended Sep 2023: Carolyn (Esinburgh Fort) was a welcoming and patient teacher and clearly knowledgeable in sewing. She explained the basics carefully and we worked together to practice the lesson. As a beginner we covered the machine parts, how to thread a bobbin and needle, practiced driving skills and she shared lots of top tips on novice projects. She took the time to show me where useful items were in the shop (no pushy sales) so that I'd have all thr right bits to get going at home. I'd wholeheartedly recommend a 1:1 lesson.
• 5/5 from Lia Graham, attended Sep 2023: Really good one to one class. Venue was a good location in the middle of the sewing section and the teacher was knowledgeable. Learned how to hem which is what my goal was!
• 4/5 from Anju Okhandiar, attended Sep 2023: Teacher was good, knowledgeable and helpful. Recommend it anyone looking for a sewing class. Thank you
• 5/5 from Maureen Morris, attended Jun 2023: Emma was very Informative and fun. Helped me make my choice of machine. Well done Emma
• 5/5 from Dot Gilhooley, attended May 2023: Very helpful and pleasant girl learned a lot great help to me showing me all about using my sewing machine Thai
• 4/5 from Barbara Patel, attended Mar 2023: Carolyn was lovely and explained things well. I was able to ask specific questions and she let me practice the thread g until I was happy. There were a couple things she wasn’t sure of as she hadn’t done them before. Overall very worth while and I recommend Carolyn for her friendly manner.
• 5/5 from Robert Tennant, attended Feb 2023: Learned what I needed very happy. Got shown what was necessary and how to do it.
• 5/5 from Morag Cameron, attended Jan 2023: Great little session with Emily who showed my daughter (11) how to do the basics on her new sewing machine. Emily was very helpful and put my daughter at ease. Highly recommended
• 5/5 from Jeanne Guizard, attended Dec 2022: Good value fir the money amazing teacher for my daughter 8 years old just the day it's the Wednesday so difficult to come because school. The teacher take her time to teach thank you so much
• 5/5 from Mairi Marshall, attended Dec 2022: The one to one I had with Emily was great. She went over everything very thoroughly and I feel that I can now use my machine with confidence. I would recommend having a workshop to anyone new to sewing.
• 5/5 from Helen Kibby, attended Dec 2022: Alt high couldn’t help as much as would like very helpful on follow up
• 5/5 from Leona Douglas, attended Nov 2022: The teacher was great, I’m new to sewing so we used the same machine as I’ve bought and we went over the full set up, had a shot at a few different stitches so much easier than reading a manual, would recommend
• 5/5 from Margo Little, attended Oct 2022: Really like it, the girl was very good. Great, can go back if any problems thanku
• 5/5 from Jacqueline Steele-Curran, attended Oct 2022: 1-1 Sewing machine workshop with Emily was excellent. I hadn't used a sewing machine since the 1980's in high school, Emily was patient and showed me the basics then helped me with a project I had brought along. As I have a midi machine I asked if the tuition could be shown on this type of machine Emily was more than happy to do this. Fantastic workshop and store provided excellent facilities. Highly recommend
• 5/5 from Kara Szifris, attended Sep 2022: Fun, interesting and a learning experience. Emily was very nice person, helpful and patient. Thank you Emily, Astrid x
• 5/5 from Kirsty Macgregor, attended Jul 2022: My 10 year old daughter had a fantastic workshop with Emily today. Emily was an excellent teacher - really helpful and patient and we will be back again for another session with her soon.
• 5/5 from Anne Matear, attended Jul 2022: Excellent. They know their machines. I found the class really helpful. I will definitely book another.
• 5/5 from Kirsty Macgregor, attended May 2022: Emily was a great help and we will definitely book back in again for another lesson with her.