Learn To Sew with Stitchclub - Beginners Sewing classes for Juniors, Teens and Adults !
The fantastic Stitchclub Sewing Curriculum TM is used by sewing teachers in the UK and worldwide. Thousands of children, teens and adults have learned to SEW with Stitchclub!
If you already LOVE TO SEW and would like to Run Your Own Local Sewing Clubs using our fantastic START A SEWING CLUB BUSINESS RESOURCE PACKS- Click here for More Info.
No Stitchclub teacher near you? Start a sewing club at your school instead !
Why not ask your SCHOOL, Brownies, Guides or group to run an after-school Sewing Club using our great Stitchclub 4 Schools resource packs designed especially for Schools and Groups?? Just visit www.Stitchclub4Schools.com or show the website to your Teacher or Head !!
Ages 8 – 11
After-school clubs, weekend and holiday beginners sewing classes for Juniors - Ages 8 – 11. Our unique 6 Level Stitchclub Sewing Curriculum TM, is designed especially for the younger stitcher and features lots of fun skills to learn and fab projects to make. It’s Sew Cool, Sew Fun, and Sew Easy !
From age 12
Due to popular demand - super cool Teens sewing courses! Whether you’re an absolute beginner, a budding fashionista or studying textiles at school and wish to improve your skills – our fun, fashionable Teens courses are SEW much fun !
Want to learn at home with one of our SEW EASY KITS? Visit the Stitchclub Shop to see our fab range of sewing supplies, books, and KITS to make at home !
About Stitchclub's Founder
My name is Alison McNicol and I founded Stitchclub in 2005 with just a great idea, 2 classes a week in London, and big dreams of teaching children to sew all over the world!
Having spent over a decade in the music industry, travelling the world handling PR for lots of bands and pop stars - first at major record companies and later running my own successful PR company - I was more than ready for a change.
Like many women today, I dreamed of a more creative, fulfilling career that would not only be flexible and fit in with family life, but be fun, rewarding and make me feel more connected to the community I lived in. I went through a million ideas before thinking of Stitchclub.
I was lucky enough to have a very talented gran to teach me, and sewing lessons at school, but I knew that sewing was no longer on the school curriculum. Not all children these days have the luxury of a grandparent around the corner, and many parents work, and have neither the time, experience or patience to sit and teach their children these skills.
I felt that a whole generation was missing out on these simple pleasures, but knew it wasn't too late to catch the current generation of children and introduce sewing in a fun, cool and contemporary way.
Stitchclub would shake off the "old lady" image of sewing and appeal to a whole new generation of kids. Sewing would be cool again!
So with this hunch, a whole lot of research and lots of hard work, planning and investment Stitchclub was born!
At my first ever class, I knew my instincts were right. "Stitchclub is just the best thing I have EVER done", said one 9 year old. "Thank you SO much, we've been looking for this kind of class for ages. Sophie absolutely LOVES Stitchclub" said one mum. "I feel so guilty that I can't teach my own daughter these things, so I'm delighted you are. I cannot believe she made these amazing things herself" said another.
Within weeks of launching those first couple of classes, word of mouth kicked in and the response was quite phenomenal. Parents were amazed at the quality of the classes, the materials we were using and the skills their children were learning. The children weren't concerned about "life skills", they simply thought it was amazing fun!
Within 6 months I was running 12 classes a week on my own, with full waiting lists for every class, and turning away children who were desperate to learn to sew.
The next step was to employ and train some fantastic teachers, and conceive, design and copyright the unique Stitchclub Sewing Curriculum TM, featuring our easy to follow Stitchclub Skill Level Books, Patterns and Projects, all designed and illustrated especially for the younger stitcher.
A comprehensive teacher training schedule was put in place and some great new teachers were trained, allowing us to expand further. Still, there was more demand, with emails from people all over the country, and beyond, asking for a Stitchclub near them, and from amazing, creative and talented women keen to get involved with Stitchclub and teach children in their local area or school to sew!
So now Stitchclub has launched some great resources designed especially for SCHOOLS: Stitchclub 4 Schools Sewing Club Resource Packs , and we are making it easy for other woman to run their own sewing clubs all over the world with our START A SEWING CLUB BUSINESS PACKS. Our unique tried-and-tested Stitchclub curriculum and comprehensive training manuals are helping talented and creative women across the world run their own business and pass on their sewing skills to children in their community.
At Stitchclub, we aim to make everyone's creative dreams come true. ! Our first book "Sewing Skills for Boys and Girls " has just been released, and our own range of Sew Easy Kits are now available to buy from the Stitchclub Shop !
My own dream is to have a kids sewing club in every city, town and school wordlwide! Sew far, sew good!!
Keep stitching!
Alison McNicol