This is a 2-day workshop - Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 January
Turn your handwoven fabric into one-of-a-kind clothing
You’ve spent hours at the loom creating beautiful, bespoke cloth — now it’s time to wear it.
This workshop is designed especially for weavers who want to take the next step: transforming their handwoven fabric into simple, elegant garments that showcase their work.
Whether your cloth is fine and drapey or bold and structured, this workshop will guide you through the process of turning it into wearable art. You'll leave with a confident approach to for your garment and a calico pattern for future use, along with the skills to keep creating handwoven clothing that is truly one-of-a-kind.
The benefits of joining the Guild
Click here to join the Guild - annual membership is $80 full or $70 concession.
Membership gives you access to all the Guild's amenities including our library of over 3000 books, DVDs and magazines, special interest groups, discounted access to all workshops and courses, and our once-a-month magazine Treadles.
You will learn
- How to create and sew a minimal-cut garment that makes the most of your handwoven fabric
- Use and adapt simple patterns for pieces like a vest, jacket, dress, or mobius wrap
- Understand how to work with the unique qualities of handwoven cloth — from handling seams and selvedge to aligning patterns with woven textures and stripe
You will get
- Templates for students to create and cut sewing patterns
- Tips to use calico to test your garment design before cutting your handwoven cloth
Appropriate for
Very basic sewing machine skills
What to bring
- Handwoven fabric that has been wet finished
- Sewing machine (plus overlocker if you have one) and sewing supplies - pins, needles, thread, fabric scissors, measuring tape, rule, fabric marker
- 5m of calico or other fabric to make patterns and iron-on hemming tape
What to wear
Casual and comfortable
Lyndon has been a maker most of her life with dressmaking having been the strongest and most consistent passion of all. She sews, spins, weaves, felts, dyes, knits and crochets garments. Since retiring from teaching she focuses on spinning, weaving and sewing garments. She uses her handspun yarn to weave fabric for garments.
Organized by
Handweavers & Spinners Guild of Victoria
500 reviewsThe Guild's aim is to bring together those who practise handweaving, spinning and allied crafts and to help and encourage them to increase their knowledge, understanding and skills by discussion, demonstration, exhibition, teaching and the provision of quality resource materials.
Our Guild rooms house an excellent library and craft supply, sell members work and host a wonderful range of interest groups, classes and workshops.
We have members and affiliated groups throughout the state.
Come and join us!
Cancellations & Refunds
If the organiser cancels the class:
You are entitled to a full refund.
If you can't attend the class:
You’re welcome to send someone in your place.
OR
- A refund can be requested 7 days before class starts. Free of charge.
- A transfer can be requested 7 days before the class starts. Free of charge.
No changes will be allowed after these times.
We recommend the refund upgrade option upon checkout in case you’re not able to attend the class. Learn more about refund upgrade option.
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