16/05/2026
✨ NEW WORKSHOP DATES NOW RELEASED ✨
We’re so excited to share some of the new creative workshops and classes coming up at Brixham Sewing Box over the coming weeks and months ✂️🧵
Our workshops are designed to be more than just classes; they’re fully supported creative days out in a warm, relaxed and welcoming environment with expert tuition from teachers with many years of professional experience, plenty of individual help, lovely food, and a little time just for you.
Over the past few months we’ve also been carefully developing and upgrading our workshops to create a more premium experience for our students; with additional support throughout the day, quality refreshments, thoughtfully prepared class materials, and a stronger focus on individual guidance and confidence-building. We want people to leave not only having learned something new, but feeling inspired, encouraged and thoroughly looked after.🤗
💛 What makes our classes different?
✨ Expert tuition
✨ Two additional in-house hosts supporting you throughout the day
✨ Help with setup and troubleshooting
✨ Relaxed and welcoming atmosphere
✨ Freshly prepared lunch, treats & refreshments included on full day workshops
✨ Treats and refreshments on half day workshops
✨ Friendly one-to-one teaching and small groups so nobody feels left behind
📍 Full dates, prices and further details are available from the shop.
📞 To book or enquire:
01803 341796
Email - [email protected]
Messenger - Brixham Sewing Box
Or pop into Brixham Sewing Box and we’ll be happy to help.
⚠️ Some workshops have limited spaces and are expected to fill quickly.
We also have lots more planned for the months ahead, including quilting, knitting workshops, additional craft classes, new teachers joining our creative team, and more dates being added all the time - so keep watching our page for updates and announcements.
We can’t wait to welcome both familiar faces and new ones into the shop for some wonderful creative days together. ✂️
Love
Sandy & the team 😍🌸###
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🌟 AT A GLANCE 🌟
🕙 Full Day Classes: 10 am – 4 pm
🕙 Half Day Classes: 10 am – 1 pm
✂️ Monday 8th June - Full Day
Stitches & Seams for Garment Making
A brand new skills workshop designed to build confidence and improve your garment-making techniques. Learn professional finishes including French seams, Hong Kong binding, stay stitching, shirring elastic, bagging out techniques and more while creating your own practical sewing journal to take home.
Level - Perfect for improving beginners through to more experienced/advanced sewers wanting to refine their skills.
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✂️ Monday 15th June - Full Day
Getting to Know Your Sewing Machine
This is the perfect class if you have a sewing machine but haven’t yet unlocked its full potential.
Whether you’re a beginner or already sewing, this day will transform your confidence. Even experienced sewists regularly leave with new knowledge, better technique, and a deeper understanding of their machine.
Level - complete beginner to advanced
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🧶 Sunday 28th June - Half Day
Learn to Crochet Baskets
Join us for a lovely half-day crochet workshop where you’ll learn how to create a stylish chunky yarn basket while building confidence in new crochet techniques.
Level - This class is perfect for improvers, refreshers or anyone who already knows the basics of crochet and would like to develop their skills further.
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✂️ Monday 29th June - Full Day
Make a Soft Summer Hat
Spend the day learning how to create your own professionally finished soft summer hat - guided step-by-step by an expert milliner with decades of teaching and international experience.
Level - improving beginner to advanced.
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✂️ Sunday 5th July - Full Day
Getting to Know Your Overlocker
Have an overlocker but never really felt confident using it properly?
This workshop will help you finally understand your machine - from threading and tensions to rolled hems, stitches, differential feed and more.
With our teacher, you’ll be guided step-by-step in a relaxed and friendly environment designed to build real confidence.
Level - complete beginner to advanced
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🧶 Sunday 12th July - Half Day
Learn to Crochet Toys
A little creative escape, just for you. A lovely class learning to make an adorable crochet octopus along with other techniques used for toy making.
Level - This class is perfect for improvers, refreshers or anyone who already knows the basics of crochet and would like to develop their skills further.
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✂️ Monday 13th July - Full Day
Stitches & Seams for Garment Making
A brand new skills workshop designed to build confidence and improve your garment-making techniques. Learn professional finishes including French seams, Hong Kong binding, stay stitching, shirring elastic, bagging out techniques and more while creating your own practical sewing journal to take home.
Level - Perfect for improving beginners through to more experienced/advanced sewers wanting to refine their skills
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🧶 Sunday 26th July - Half Day
Learn to Crochet Granny Squares
Join us for a relaxed and creative crochet workshop where you’ll learn how to make beautiful traditional granny squares - the perfect foundation for blankets, cushions, bags, garments and so much more.
Level - This class is ideal for anyone with basic crochet skills who would like to build confidence and progress to more complex designs.
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✂️ Monday 27th July - Full Day
Fancy Feet - Getting to Know Your Sewing Machine - Part 2
Have you attended one of our popular “Getting to Know Your Sewing Machine” classes and want to take your skills further?
This progression workshop is designed to help you gain confidence using the different feet, accessories and decorative functions on your sewing machine - many of which most people never properly use. Using your machine, learn techniques including piping, appliqué, invisible zips, decorative stitches, free motion embroidery and more.
Level - open to people who have attended any of our ‘Getting to Know Your Sewing Machine’ classes.
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✂️ Sunday 2nd August, Monday 3rd August, Monday 10th August - Full Day
Palazzo Pants - 3 day beginners masterclass
Create beautifully fitting palazzo trousers tailored perfectly to you.
This 3 day workshop focuses on fit, finish and professional garment construction techniques. You’ll learn how to adapt a basic design to suit your own style, including adjusting width, length and silhouette - while building confidence in dressmaking skills and finishing techniques.
Learn:
Fit and styling adjustments
Professional seam construction
Edge stitching and hems
Patch pockets and finishing details
And much more
Level - Suitable for improving beginners to advanced.
We strongly recommend attending either our “Getting to Know Your Sewing Machine” or “Stitches & Seams for Garment Making” class first.
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🧶 Sunday 9th August - Half Day
Learn to Crochet
More than a crochet class. This is a relaxed, fully supported creative workshop designed especially for beginners. A chance to slow down, learn something new, and enjoy a few inspiring hours in friendly company.
Whether you’ve never picked up a hook before, or simply want to refresh skills you learned years ago, this class will guide you gently through the basics step by step.
Level - complete beginner to refreshers.
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✂️ Sunday 23rd August - Full Day
Getting to Know Your Sewing Machine
This is the perfect class if you have a sewing machine but haven’t yet unlocked its full potential.
Whether you’re a beginner or already sewing, this day will transform your confidence. Even experienced sewists regularly leave with new knowledge, better technique, and a deeper understanding of their machine.
Level - complete beginner to advanced
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🧶 Sunday 6th September - Half Day
Crochet - Finishing Techniques
Have you ever spent hours crocheting something beautiful, only to feel disappointed by the final finish? This class is designed to help you take your crochet work to the next level with the professional finishing techniques that really make a difference.
Learn how to:
Edge your work using a variety of decorative stitches
Join pieces together neatly and confidently
Improve the overall finish of your projects
Add those final touches that elevate handmade items from “homemade” to beautifully finished
Perfect for anyone wanting to gain more confidence and achieve a more polished, professional look in their crochet projects.
Level - improving beginners to advanced.
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SEWING LEVEL
Not sure which class level is right for you?
Many of our classes focus on sewing confidence, machine skills and techniques rather than dressmaking experience.
Use this guide as a rough guide to your sewing experience. If you're still unsure, just get in touch - we're always happy to chat and help you find the perfect class.
✂️ Complete Beginner
Perfect for someone who:
• Owns a sewing machine (or is thinking about buying one)
• Has little or no sewing experience
• May never have threaded a machine
• Feels nervous or overwhelmed by sewing
• Wants to learn from the very beginning in a supportive environment
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✂️ Improving Beginner
Perfect for someone who:
• Has used a sewing machine a little
• Can thread their machine with some confidence
• May have tried simple sewing projects before - but not essential
• Understands very basic sewing terminology
• Wants to improve confidence, control and accuracy
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✂️ Intermediate
Perfect for someone who:
• Uses a sewing machine fairly comfortably
• Understands basic sewing techniques
• Has completed a few sewing projects
• Wants to expand skills and techniques
• Does not need to have previous garment-making experience
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✂️ Intermediate / Advanced
Perfect for someone who:
• Has good confidence using a sewing machine
• Has sewn regularly for some time
• Wants to refine and elevate their skills
• Enjoys learning more professional techniques
• May or may not have garment-making experience
