Sewing Siren - The joys and tribulations of learning to use a sewing machine
Last year my interest in up-cycling, and the fact that I was too broke to buy new clothes, led me to decide to learn how to use a sewing machine. From Pierrot doll to pirates… I vaguely remember using a sewing machine for the first time at school during an art and craft project where as part of a group of bored and slightly puzzled teenagers I was taught how to create a fabric Pierrot doll. Needless to say as an adult I had forgotten everything about threading and using a machine, beyond the memory that I had somehow managed to sew the Pierrot’s black hat the wrong way around. My first step before investing in a beginner sewing machine was to attend an introductory sewing workshop. I wanted to make sure that I would enjoy sewing, before I spent any money on purchasing one, and to be able to learn the basics of using a machine and ask for support before letting myself loose on my own machine at home. Someone recommended Fabrications in Hackney and I signed up for...