LUXURY BUSTIERS / BASQUES - SEWING WEEKEND

Join us for this intensive 2 day Luxury Underwear Sewing Weekend to make your own Bustier/ Basque .

You should have previous underwear sewing experience to get most out of this weekend.

Sew your own beautiful BustierBustier/ Basque in your size & learn in easy steps from cut to finish from the experts. Find out how to insert boning and what types of boning will work best for your garment.
We will focus on high end finishing techniques to achieve professional sewing results that you can easily do from home after you joined this workshop.

All classes are limited to only 5 students maximum , to provide best individual sewing advice for each student during this workshop.

Choose your from a beautiful range of specialist high end lingerie materials , such as elastics , fine laces , stretch fabrics etc to create your unique underwear .

WHEN:

3-4 May 2025 London 10-5pm
13-14 Sept 2025 London 10-5pm

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO JOIN:

*We suggest that you do have intermediate/advanced sewing experience to get most out of this class and either joined one eof our classes before or made some underwear.
This class is not suitable for Beginners

All specialist materials and high end fabrics , elastics, luxury laces , tools and sewing machines will be provided for you in the classroom & plenty of tea / coffee and biscuits.....

However:
you are also welcome to bring your own sewing machine and get help how to use the best settings on your sewing machine.
Please let us know beforehand , if you like to bring your own sewing machine and what type of sewing machine that you like to bring along.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

- materials that will work best

- what Fabrics/Elastics are suitable for high end lingerie

- what type of boning to use / how to attach boning

- what stitches to use for professional Lingerie Sewing

- how to calculate your elastics

- how to cut difficult fabrics such as lace or slippery fabrics such as silk etc

- how to sew structured underwear : using boning
- & lots more sewing tips and tricks from the experts how to tackle sewing issues

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE:

-a Bustier pattern in your size
- a list lingerie material suppliers
-expert sewing advice
-new sewing skills

WORKSHOP OUTLINE :

1ST DAY

- Introduction

- choose from a wide selection of high end materials in the eclassroom and start cutting your pattern pieces

-start assembling your bustier :

- how to cut delicate fabrics such as fine laces, silks, mesh etc

- how to attach/sew with fine laces, silks, lace appliques etc

2ND DAY

-overview of boning types and what works best for your bustier

-how to avoid creasing

- how to create tummy support (optional)

- how to insert boning to a garment

- hook and eye tape

All classes are deliberately small with a maximum of 5 students only to provide individual attention to each student.

REFUNDS:

Please let us know in advance if you can not attend any session and we will do our very best to transfer you to the next available session instead.

Unfortunately we do not offer any refunds for any missed sessions , downloaded patterns /instructions or cut materials .