One Day Workshop // Saturday 28th March // 10am - 4pm // Cost: £120 (including pattern, elastics and fabric) // Level: Confident Beginner // Project: Sophie Hines Median Knickers

Have you struggled to find underwear in your size? Do you find that ready to wear underpants are often unflattering and ill-fitting, or are you just interested in learning the skills to build your ethical wardrobe? Learn to make your own well-fitting, comfortable, and attractive underwear with a domestic sewing machine or overlocker. 

This workshop is a step-by-step guide on how to make a comfortable pair of underpants including help troubleshooting common issues like fit and proportions. We will also encourage you to explore re-using fabric from retired garments or getting creative with fabric scraps. People of all genders, sizes, and backgrounds are welcome and encouraged to attend this course.

In the safe hands of our expert teacher Cassandra, students will be introduced to the use of stretch fabrics and elastics, creating pants that fit their curves as they should. Learn to personalise the Median Knickers pattern, working with different fabrics that fits your own unique shape. 

Our studio is equipped with a separate dressing room for privacy whilst changing.

Skill Level

This workshop is for confident beginners. You will have used a sewing machine before and have a basic understanding of sewing clothing.

Booking Your Place

To book your place on this course, you can pay the full amount or a non-refundable booking deposit of £50 via BACS transfer. The remaining balance is due no later than 14 days PRIOR to course start. Please familiarise yourself with our Terms & Conditions before making your booking. Please email us for account details.

Subsidised Places

In response to the cost of living crisis, we offer one subsidised seat per class to ease the burden on our community. If you are committed to learning and experiencing financial hardship, please reach out.

About Your Tutor

Cassandra Belanger has 15 years of experience hosting workshops in sustainable design and sewing. Her work is an invitation to a more sustainable future and education is at the centre of her creative practice. She is the founder of The Stitchery Studio , is co-founder and Director of the ZWDC and a founding member of Sustainable Fashion Scotland. She is the resident sewing instructor at the Central Scottish School of Craft and a Fashion and Textile Lecturer at Glasgow West College. Her design and teaching practice challenges makers, designers and educators to think through the social and environmental impacts of their practice, exploring issues such as zero waste, intersectionality, transparency, colour therapy, feminism, sizeism, and body image. Cassandra is committed to decolonising her teaching practice. 

More Info

• During class tea and coffee will be available.

• All of our classes are suitable for over 18s, younger crafters may be accommodated if accompanied by a participating adult but please contact us before booking.

• If the workshop you were looking at is fully booked drop us an email and we’ll add you to the waiting list.

• If you need to cancel, we need at least two weeks notice. Please read our cancellation policy before booking. 

• There will be a lunch break: please bring a packed lunch or there are various options to buy lunch in the surrounding area.

Any Questions?

If you have any questions please have a look at our FAQs page. If you have any further questions please feel free to contact us.

Cancellation Policy

Because of the popularity of our courses and the limited number of spaces available, we've now introduced a Cancellation & Refund Policy. If you cancel your booking 14 or more full days before the start date of your course or workshop, you will be refunded the balance of your fees. This is equivalent to your full course fees minus your non-refundable deposit.  

If you decide to cancel your place in less than 14 days before the course start date or during the course, a refund is not guaranteed. In this situation we shall review the circumstances of the cancellation before deciding on an appropriate solution.