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arrow_right_alt arrow_downward- Week 1: Make friends with a sewing machine and learn how to wind a bobbin and thread it properly. Then make a simple cushion cover with an envelope back opening and snap fasteners. You'll be covering your sofa with new cushions in no time.
- Week 2: Make a roomy tote bag with just the right length handles for toting your essentials – such as your hat and water bottle – everywhere you go. You'll learn how to sew French seams and make boxed corners, as well as how to secure straps. Everyone will be getting one for Christmas!
- Week 3: Make a handy zip pouch that’s fully lined for a neat finish. Learn how to insert a zip and add a lining. You'll be super impressed with yourself after this class and will no doubt make many more zip pouches for yourself, your family, and your friends.
- Weeks 4 and 5: Make a pair of PJ shorts with an elastic waistband and optional buttonholes for a drawstring. You'll learn how to take body measurements and select the right pattern size, how to cut pattern pieces on the grainline, how to use interfacing, how to sew buttonholes, and how to insert elastic into a channel. And you'll get to go home with a pair of PJ shorts perfect for hot summer nights.
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Upcoming dates for Learn to Sew Course for Complete Beginners
Times are Perth time. Dates and prices as of 3 Oct 2026, 3:44pm; availability and price are confirmed live when booking on this page.
1 upcoming date between 17 Jan 2027 and 17 Jan 2027.
- Sun 17 Jan 2027, 2pm-5pm (then the same time each week, for the next 4 weeks)
What you'll get
You will get to use a sewing machine and all sewing tools required to complete the projects, and take home your very own cushion cover, a tote bag, a zip pouch, and a pair of PJ shorts. All haberdashery items like thread, zips, buttons, and elastic will be provided, as well as fabric for the first three projects. You will be given guidance on what fabric to get for the fourth project of PJ shorts.
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Knowledge required
No previous sewing skills are required. This is a course for complete beginners.
What to bring
Just bring a water bottle to stay hydrated. Tea, coffee, and biscuits will be provided.
Session repeats
This class series runs over 5 consecutive sessions, at the same time every week.
Suitable for
This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, birthday or hens party.
This experience would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mum, Xmas gift or gift for couples.
Location
Kalamunda Community Centre, Crescent Road, Kalamunda WA
Classes are held at the beautiful, modern, Kalamunda Community Centre, set amongst the trees of Jorgensen Park. It is a 10-minute walk or short drive down Mundaring Weir Road from the Kalamunda townsite. There is plenty of parking including accessible parking located near the side entry doors.
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Recent reviews of Learn to Sew Course for Complete Beginners
- 5/5 from Preeti Chukowry, attended Jun 2026: Suzie was an excellent teacher, she made the steps very easy to follow, even the complicated ones, and taught us with enthusiasm. Classes were fun and fruitful. I enjoyed leaving each class with an items I’d made!
- 5/5 from Anne Roberts, attended Feb 2026: Fabulous Learn to Sew classes - I learnt so much and Suzie is an amazing teacher. I really enjoyed all the classes - thank you!
- 5/5 from Pia-Anna Charlebois, attended Jan 2026: By far the best intro to sewing class, my teenage daughter and I loved it!! Suzie London brings her joy expertise & enthusiasm of sewing and textiles to every class ensuring that each of us had the benefit of her instruction. We came home bubbling with excitement for the next class with a beautiful artisan sewed unique to us projects which included: cushion cover, zipped case, PJ shorts and my much loved and commented on tote bag. If you need inspiration and help learning to sew Bits n Bobbins/Suzie London is the GO!!!
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Learn to sew with Suzie London at Bits ‘n’ Bobbins Sewing School in Kalamunda in the Perth Hills.Suzie was born in The Netherlands but moved to Perth with her family aged nine. She was selected for the Special Art Programme at Kalamunda Senior High School, and went on to study Graphic Design and Multimedia at TAFE in Northbridge. Suzie decided to move to London when she was 20, and it was there that she learnt to sew, at the London College of Fashion. She has since taught sewing at Sew Over It in London, as well as in the haberdashery department of John Lewis department store on Oxford St, London.Suzie moved back to Perth at the end of 2019, and works as a freelance illustrator for sewing and craft books, including official Great British Sewing Bee titles, as well as creating her own fabric designs and products under the name Suzie London.
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