Overlocker Workshop Gathering & Elastic
Tutor: Elaine Bell
Take your sewing skills to the next level with this Overlocker with Elastic and Gathering Attachments Workshop, designed to give you both technical confidence and creative freedom while producing beautifully finished garments.
With the elastic attachment, you can apply elastic while sewing in one smooth operation—perfect for waistbands, cuffs, activewear, lingerie, and children’s clothing. It evenly stretches and feeds the elastic as you sew, ensuring a secure, professional finish without puckering or uneven tension.
The gathering attachment transforms your overlocker into a precision ruffling tool, creating consistent, controlled gathers with ease. Ideal for tiered skirts, dresses, frills, sleeves, and home décor projects, it removes the need for hand gathering or time-consuming basting stitches.
To make learning even more accessible and fun, this workshop includes mini projects using pre-cut fabric, all prepared in advance so you can focus entirely on sewing and technique. Everything is included in the price—fabric, pattern pieces, and guided instruction—so you can simply arrive and start creating.
Throughout the session you’ll complete a series of small, achievable projects designed to build your confidence step-by-step. You’ll learn how to apply elastic neatly, create even gathers, and combine both techniques within garment construction. By the end, you’ll have a set of finished samples and mini makes that demonstrate your new skills, along with the knowledge to apply them to your own sewing projects at home.
Perfect for confident beginners and intermediate sewists, this workshop is a hands-on, practical introduction to getting the very best out of your overlocker while achieving professional, polished results with speed and ease.
To Bring: Note book and pen if you wish to make notes
Price includes
Pre cut fabric
Use of Janome Overlocker 6234XL,Overlocking threads
ADDRESS:
SEW AT 174
174 Derby Road
Stapleford,
Nottingham. NG9 7AY
Travel and Car Parking
There is limited on-street parking on Derby Road, Stapleford, we recommend the Broxtowe council Halls Road carpark on Halls Road (2 minute walk) £1.00 up to 12 hours parking Monday to Friday Free parking Saturdays and Sundays https://www.broxtowe.gov.uk/for-you/roads-parking-travel/car-parks/stapleford-car-parks/#halls
If you are arriving from Nottingham or Derby via the Trent Barton I4 the stop is Halls Road.
If you’ve any questions about accessibility or parking for blue badge holders then let me know.
More Detailed:
All of our sewing workshops and courses are designed for participants aged 16 years and over.
