Workshops with Kate Mara from Sew Into Overlocking
Friday 27th February Learning to Love your Overlocker 9.30am to 3.30pm
A full one day class 5-6 hours Friday 27/02/2026
This class is perfect for a raw beginner or someone who has some overlocker knowledge. My aim is to give students a greater understanding of their overlocker that allows them to continue using it at home confidently. The kit provided covers a comprehensive 23-page workbook and all fabrics required for the day.
The course covers; four thread overlocking, understanding tensions, three thread overlocking, rolled hem, understanding differential feed, techniques for better results when stitching a circle, inside corners, outside corners, working with difficult fabrics and so many applications for rolled hem!
Saturday 28th February A Runner for Any Occasion - Overlocker project class 9.30am to 3.30pm
Learn new skills working with your piping foot to create perfectly sized fabric inserts – ‘peepers’. Make and finish the edge of the table runner with perfect piping, use ladder stitch to embellish fabric, decorative flatlock to embellish and construct the pieced panels of this runner. A creative, project you can make more than once and for any occasion. *A printed pattern will be provided as part of the class.
Sunday 1st March Coverstitch - Sew much more than just a hem 9.30am to 3.30pm
This workshop is designed to give you a better grasp of your coverstitch machine or a the coverstitch side of your combination machine. A workbook will cover the basics such as finishing in the round, reverse coverstitch, differential feed and decorative coverstitch and chain stitch. The last section of the work shop will be ‘focus on you’ use the time to have your questions answered, bring the problems you have encountered, and we will work on getting better results, this is also an opportunity to work with accessories such as binders, folders etc. Or use this time to work on those techniques learned and explore fabric making and produce a scarf/piece of fabric using up pieces of your stash of light weight fabrics and lots and lots of thread.
Class notes and fabrics required to complete the workbook provided.