Start to Stitch

Beat the #isewlation blues

Sewing Classes with a difference

Start to stitch is a series of pop up sewing classes & workshops in the St Agnes area of Cornwall designed to build your sewing confidence and skills in a friendly, fuss free and fun way. Community underpins everything we do, and when you come to a Start to Stitch class you are sure to make new friends as well as learn a practical, creative and lifelong skill. The pop up nature of our classes ensures they are relaxed and friendly... basically we come, we sew, we drink tea, we go!

We offer a wide range of courses including beginners, refreshers and onwards, sewing for interiors, dressmaking, pattern drafting, alterations, up-cycling, sewing for men, and much more. It's really sociable, loads of fun and you will always leave equipped to carry on at home in your own time, with on going support through our online stitching community and exclusive access to expert tips and advice too. We teach you on your machine if you have one, but we always have spares if you don't!

Through our project #KernowSewcial we organise regular social meet-ups so you can hang out with your new sewing buddies away from the ( occasional ) stress of a button hole or zip insertion, and a huge reason for our existence is to create a strong community of like minded sewists forging friendships alongside their growing skills and new hobby.

More About Our Classes

CORNWALL SCRUBS

While we are in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, Start to Stitch is proud to be leading the charge with a team of incredible volunteers all mobilising their sewing machines to make scrubs for our Health Care Workers. You can join the effort here, or follow the cause on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

If you can donate to buy much needed materials for our volunteers to do their thing, please do so at our gofundme here. Thank you.

I have written the story of this strange adventure down on the blog - have a read!

START YOUR STITCHING adventure

Evening Classes

5 or 6 weekly sessions building skills as you go.

Beginners and Intermediate

Evening Classes

Intensive Courses

2 day intensive courses taking place over a weekend.

Beginners, Intermediate and Dressmaking

Intensive Courses

Workshops

1/2 day to 1 day, evenings or weekends.

Too many to list - go check them all out!

Workshops

I’ve just finished the weekend beginners course and I loved every moment of it.

I never thought that in 48 hours I’d go from awkwardly trying to operate a sewing machine to feeling confident enough to want to try some simple dress making.

Annie is a fantastic teacher who models the different techniques to the class whilst explaining in clear steps. I cannot wait to go back and do more with her.

Thank you Annie.

Georgina - Beginners Intensive Student

Sewist in Chief

Hello! I'm Annie Lucas, an award winning bridal & costume designer and passionate sewing teacher.

I trained as a costume designer at Central St Martins and London College of Fashion, and I began teaching 6 years ago after the birth of my first daughter.

It gives me such a buzz to share a skill that brings so much to my life, and to empower my students to love their machines, have their own ideas and express themselves with their new found skills.

Read my full story here.