Sew Together Romsey

This might be of interest to you. The earlybird price of £20 ends today. I've done it before and found it good. Some interesting speakers this time .

The Sewing Weekender 2026 The Sewing Weekender will be taking place on the 27th and 28th June this year. For anyone new to the weekender, it's an online event that provides amazing video content for attendees to watch as they work on a sewing project at home. EARLYBIRD DISCOUNT APPLIED TO THE TICKET PRICE UNTIL MIDNIGHT ON T...

A rare place has just become available in my popular class in Romsey. It is predominantly for dressmaking, but other items are made, too. If this is of interest, then please message and I can send over more details.

A great visual explanation

Tension fixation guide

A collection of handcrafted Christmas tree 🎄 ornaments, gifted in our traditional secret santa. What a talented bunch of crafters 👏

Sue from New forest fabrics will be back with us next Monday, with a class- Get to know your sewing machine. Please see the link below to book-
https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/XSWFP38TYC6G4

If you fancy a crafty day out 😁

We still have tickets for our coach trip to the fabulous Knit and Stitch Show ! All welcome to join us! Please see link below and don’t forget bringing a friend gets you a 10% discount! Suzie💞

https://sewinghub.co.uk/book-a-class/

🎉It's back!

Get ready for this year's Tea For Tools!

Join us on Saturday 9th August, 12pm-3pm, for our summer tool, sewing machine and haberdashery sale at our HQ, SO40 7GY! 🪚🧶

You'll find a range of garden, workshop and electrical tools, fabrics and crafts, plus a selection of tea, coffee, delicious cakes, and some great raffle prizes!

It's our 45th anniversary this year - can you help us raise £45k?! 🥳
All funds raised will support our vocational training projects in Africa and our volunteer programme in the UK. It will be a great afternoon out, so get here early to avoid disappointment!

So sad 😞

Gone are the days when it was normal to darn a hole in your socks or use a sewing machine to take in a pair of trousers. Now, a crochet blanket is more likely to be made by your grandmother than to be one of the skills in your arsenal.

A survey shows that sewing and needlework are the most endangered domestic skills. Just 27% an operate a sewing machine confidently and only 16% are proficient knitters, according to Good Housekeeping’s domestic skills survey.

Darning is nearly obsolete as only 9% are doing it regularly, while just 10% still crochet. They are also among the skills that respondents were least invested in passing on to future generations

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What a fabulous first sewing retreat for our group. We worked on trouser fitting, spending time on our toiles, amending our paper pattern before cutting main fabric. We can't thank Nicola enough, from The Dressmaker's Guild. Her energy and passion for everything sewing was so infectious. We've come away with new skills and buzzing to try out new ideas. We've deepened relationships and feel utterly energised. Thank you to all that participated, to make it so special. We will show the finished trousers when we can.

You may, or may not, have heard of SewHayleyJane . Although her business is international, she is local to us. Hayley is just amazing (she talks about her journey here). Not everyone has time to go to a class and meet with others, and of course, sewing is quite a solitary activity. Hayley is filling that gap, and runs a virtual sewing hub. Her energy and enthusiasm exudes. I'd love for you to take a look perhaps be part of something really special.

Two months ago I made the huge decision to stop the subscription boxes that I had spent 9 years building. I loved it but it was no longer working out, I’d held on for maybe longer than I should have but I desperately wanted to stop on my terms, rather than being forced. However, as we all know the current climate was making it impossible. So I closed the subscriptions, scrambled to find any job to bring in some money whilst continuing to grow my online business at ThreadySetGo. However something just wasn’t feeling right. Working full time in a (lovely) garden centre was draining me of the energy I needed to not only grow my business but to also be there for my family. There was no way I could do it all. It did give me the chance to reflect on what was important to me and serving the amazing community I’d worked hard to build was it. So I handed in my notice and have taken a massive leap of faith to work full time on ThreadySetGo. It’s a huge personal risk but I believe so strongly that it has the power to be an amazing resource for the sewing community, I’ve added a third virtual social to the weekly schedule and can now dedicate time to creating the video tutorial library to help sewists of all levels build up their skills. We already have over 1800 members enjoying the free forum plus over 100 making use of the extra benefits. If I can get another 100 members over the next month I’ll know I made the right decision. 2025 is shaping up to be the year of massive leaps… will it be worth it?