Sewing with Love Series: Making a Canadian Smocked Cushion (Part 1)

This course is designed to provide ’hands on’ skills and knowledge to finish an item; from tracing a pattern, cutting, marking fabric and step by step sewing tecniques.

By the end of this course, you will learn specific processes for making a lined Canadian Smocked Cushion.

Specific skills include:

• Fabrics and grainlines;
• Tracing and cutting a pattern;
• Marking the pattern for the leaf on fabric;
• Cutting fabric and lining;
• Seams and seam finishes and zip insertion;
• Step by step construction of a lined Canadian smocked cushion

Please bring to first class:

• Tape measure/measuring tape
• Fabric – old sheets/curtains you may have at home or purchased from Op-shops
• 28cm – 30cm zip
• Scissors – paper and fabric (invest in a good fabric scissors)
• Butchers paper/any paper to cut pattern
• Cut cushion pattern on paper – 37cm x 37cm, 58cm x 58cm, and 37cm x 40cm
• Dressmaking pins
• Needle and thread
• Pen/Pencil
• Dressmaking pen that washes off
• Rubber
• Ruler
• L- Square if expensive buy a small set square (required to check 90-degree angles)
• Note pad

Facilitator: Shamsa SADIK

IMPORTANT information: Eventbrite bookings are essential for part 1 and 2, and attendees are requested to bring their own sewing materials.

Part 1 – Thursday March 20th – https://sewingwithlovecushion.eventbrite.com.au

Part 2 – Thursday March 27th – https://sewingwithlovecushion2.eventbrite.com.au