Workshops
At Sew on & Sow forth™, our workshops are thoughtfully designed to help you pause, reconnect, and create in a world that rarely slows down. Rooted in the Experience • Create • Mend • Learn framework, each session offers more than just sewing - it’s a mindful space to explore creativity, learn new skills, and experience the calm that comes from making something with your own hands.
Our sessions are intentionally small, with a maximum of eight participants, creating a relaxed and welcoming environment where you’ll never feel rushed or overlooked. Whether you’re discovering sewing for the first time or reigniting a creative passion, each workshop encourages you to step away from the city’s fast pace, focus on the present, and leave feeling grounded, inspired, and proud of what you’ve created. See available dates below.
About our workshops
Mindful Stitch Art
Explore sewing as an art form in a mindful, inspiring way. Our Creative workshops guide you to slow down, find inspiration, and express yourself through thread and fabric.
Holiday Napkins workshop
Take your first step into the world of sewing with this relaxed and creative beginner workshop — the perfect introduction to using a sewing machine while making something meaningful.
Laptop or iPad bag workshop
Ready to take your next step in sewing? This beginner-friendly workshop builds on the basics while introducing a few exciting new techniques — perfect for anyone who’s curious to learn and create something practical.
A Mother's Day Earring-Making Experience
Thread & Bloom: A Mother's Day Earring-Making Experience
Treat yourself to something beautifully creative this Mother's Day.
Take a moment just for you
REfashion workshop
REfashion your wardrobe with purpose.
In this mindful workshop, you’ll transform a garment you love but no longer wear into something fresh, wearable, and uniquely you
The Makers Retreat
The Makers Retreat - A Sewful Experience: Mindful Making in Motion.
Slow down. Reconnect. Make something that’s completely, beautifully yours.
This isn’t just a sewing session.
It’s an invitation to step away from the busyness of life and return to the joy of making — with your hands, your style, your pace.
Uniquely you- shirt workshop (Thursdays mornings)
Bring your vision to life in this hands-on workshop where you decide the design to suit your style. Whether you dream of a timeless button-up, a chic Mandarin-collared blouse, or a stylish statement shirt, this workshop empowers you to create a garment you’ll love. For all levels.
Uniquely you- shirt workshop (Saturdays)
Bring your vision to life in this hands-on workshop where you decide the design to suit your style. Whether you dream of a timeless button-up, a chic Mandarin-collared blouse, or a stylish statement shirt, this workshop empowers you to create a garment you’ll love. For all levels.
Our different workshops
✂️ Experience
Discover the joy of sewing through calm, hands-on sessions designed especially for beginners. These workshops offer a friendly introduction to using a sewing machine while creating simple, meaningful projects that build confidence and ease.
Projects types:
• Holiday Napkins – a gentle start to learn the basics and enjoy mindful making.
• Laptop or iPad Bag – practise quilting stitches and zips while creating something useful.
• Other introductory projects to help you start sewing with confidence and joy.
🎨 Creative
Explore sewing as an art form in a mindful, inspiring way. Our Creative workshops guide you to slow down, find inspiration, and express yourself through thread and fabric.
Projects types:
Mindful Stitch Art - using the basic technique of quilting to create a pixel background and free motion embroidery.
Stitch & Scrap Textile Art, exploring the machines variety of stitches to patch various fabrics to create an image, and free motion embroidery.
♻️ Refashion
Learn to give your clothes a new life through simple mending and creative alterations.
These beginner-friendly sessions teach essential hand and machine sewing skills sewing on buttons to hemming or shorting a garment as well as transforming - helping you build confidence while promoting mindful, sustainable making.
Workshop covers:
Basic practical skills
Upcycling or mending one garment.
📘 Learn
Spend a focused day growing your sewing skills in a calm, supportive setting. The Learn workshops cover essential techniques like French seams, Hong Kong finishes, lapped seams, and invisible zips to fly closures, helping you create a personal sample portfolio and build strong foundations for all future sewing projects.
Perfect for the sewist who wants to improve their techniques, learn more in-depth skills, and gain confidence behind the machine, these sessions are designed to help you move beyond the basics and sew with clarity and purpose.
Tailor-made corporate workshops
We also offer tailor-made corporate workshops that blend creativity, mindfulness, and collaboration - a refreshing antidote to modern workplace busyness. These experiences encourage teams to slow down, think differently, and engage their hands and minds in a calm, creative process. Sewing and mending promote patience, focus, and problem-solving, making them powerful tools for fostering connection and well-being. Perfect for team-building, wellness days, or company retreats, each session can be customised to your goals, helping participants rediscover balance and creativity in a meaningful, hands-on way.