Sew a kimono-inspired top in a day!

Enjoy a full day of cutting and sewing and create a stunning kimono-inspired top, picking up sewing techniques and tips along the way! Join tutor Helen Plumridge-Hill* for a full day making a beautifully simple kimono-inspired top — a relaxed, drapey silhouette built from just a few pattern pieces, making it a brilliant introduction to garment sewing. You'll work through cutting, construction and finishing techniques including facings and hemming, guided step-by-step throughout the day. By 4pm you'll leave with a wearable top and a genuine head start on garment-making skills you can take into your own future projects. A selection of fabrics and haberdashery is provided but if you want to bring your own fabric, please contact The Craft House to confirm your dress size, so we can advise on fabric choice and amount. Note: You will need prior experience of using a sewing machine for this class. *Tutor Bio: Helen Plumridge-Hill is a Bingley-based sewer, maker and educator with a particular love of giving fabric a second life and giving people time to just create. Wherever possible she works with reclaimed and repurposed textiles — vintage hauls, offcuts and remnants, worn garments, bedding and curtains — turning what might be thrown away into something new and wearable. With over 25 years working in education and design, and more creative hobbies collected along the way than she can count, Helen finally picked up a sewing machine in 2023 and hasn't stopped since — sewing has become almost like meditation to her. Helen teaches relaxed, hands-on sessions that focus on building real confidence at the machine, whether that's a total beginner learning to thread up for the first time or someone ready to make their first garment. Her classes are as much about the process of sustainable, thoughtful making and connection as they are about the finished piece.