The Wardrobe Workshop
For All Sewing Levels (beginners welcome!)
Online at Your Own Pace
Sew 5 Exceptional Garments
24 Sewing Skills & 10 Hours of Videos
All PDF Patterns Included (UK Sizes 4-28)
Detailed Fitting Guidance
Join From Any Country
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Master the Wardrobe Workshop
The Wardrobe Workshop is a self-paced online course that brings over 12 years of sewing expertise into one complete series. You'll create a full capsule wardrobe while mastering the skills needed to sew clothes that truly fit and last.
Across 5 thoughtfully designed workshops, you’ll learn everything from smart construction methods to refined finishes and fit adjustments, so you can sew with less trial and error and far more confidence.
With clear, chaptered lessons that guide you step by step, this is the fastest, most effective way to level up your sewing and build a wardrobe you’re proud to wear.
Highlights:
Make 5 Exceptional Garments
Includes all 5 of our workshops. Sew the Cara Top, Frida Shirt, Over Shirt, Daphne Workshop, Daphne Trousers & Worker Trousers with endless creative possibilities.
Remove the Guesswork
Learn industry standard techniques from a professional pattern cutter and designer with over 12 years experience put into 1 course.
Curate Your Wardrobe Capsule
Design your unique capsule and curate fabrics, textures and colours that work for you and your wardrobe.
Make Clothes that Fit
Learn how to make simple pattern adjustments to sew clothes that are truly comfortable and fit your own body.
What's Included:
24 Skills to Master Sewing
Over 10 hours of video tutorials and step-by-step guides to learn over 24 sewing skills and build professional sewing habits.
In-depth Fitting Tutorials
Access to our detailed full body fitting guides, including guidance on how to measure your body and making the right pattern adjustments for you.
5 x Professional PDF Patterns
You’ll receive 5 professionally drafted PDF patterns: Cara Top, Frida Shirt, Over Shirt, Daphne Workshop, Daphne Trousers & Worker Trousers
Our Community Forum
Wardrobe Workshop customers will receive an invite to join our private community forum with free access for the first 2 months.
What You'll Make:
Course structure
Project 1
Cara Top
You'll start your Wardrobe Workshop with the Cara Top which will teach you a few key skills along with the fundamentals of high quality sewing habits.
You'll be encouraged to sew with close attention to detail, often using millimetres instead of centimetres as guidelines to encourage aiming for precision.
This is a great starting point on the journey to sewing more high quality pieces for your wardrobe.
Skills:
- Button Stands
- Front Darts
- French Seams
- Sewing & attaching a mandarin collar
- Hemming
- Button Holes & Buttons
Project 2
Frida Shirt
Moving on to the Frida Shirt you'll be building on your skills, again sewing with french seams and also learning how to apply flat binding and easing in sleeve heads.
Skills:
- Button Stands
- Patch Pocket
- Sewing a double back yoke with gathering detail
- French Seams
- Inserting a fitted sleeve with ease
- Flat Binding finishing on the neckline
- Hemming
- Buttons & Button Holes
Project 3
Over Shirt
Your shirt making journey will start with the Over Shirt workshop. This project includes the 2 hour video tutorial which will give you an understanding of the more complex construction techniques used in traditional shirt making.
Skills:
- Run & fell seams
- Patch pockets
- Grown on Button Stand
- Double yoke with back loop
- Classic collar and collar stand
- Square topped placket and cuff
- Sleeve (no pleats) with insertion & no shoulder ease
- Hemming & buttons
Project 4
Daphne Trousers
The Daphne Trouser workshop will give you a great introduction to trouser making with techniques that will help you make designer quality trousers that will last years of wear and tear.
Skills:
- Back Darts
- Patch Pockets
- Closing the Side Seam
- Closing the Inside Leg
- Preparing the Fly Pieces
- Zip Fly with Binding Finishing
- Closing the Crotch
- Straight, One-piece Waistband
- Hemming or optional Ankle Cuff
- Button & Button Hole
project 5
Worker Trousers
Moving on to the Worker Trousers, this workshop will teach you further trouser making skills such as front pockets, belt loops and a concealed button fly with binding finishing, building on the skills you’ve already learnt to give you a well rounded set of trouser techniques.
These skills will be transferable to any garment you sew, in particular all future pairs of trousers.
Skills:
- Back Pockets
- Front Pockets
- Side Seams
- Inside leg
- Concealed Button Stand with Binding Finishing
- Curved Waistband
- Belt Loops
- Button Holes & Buttons
- Hemming
You’ll finish with:
You’ll finish with 5 (or more!) beautifully made garments that fit you perfectly. And you’ll have the confidence and knowledge of professional sewing skills that will last a lifetime.
Wonderful makes from our community:
@calexan
Cara Top
@timetosew
Worker Trousers
@sewkland
Frida Shirt
@atelierelsewhere
Worker Trousers
@happy_when_sewing
Over Shirt
@studioneeela
Daphne Trousers
@handverkshverdag
Over Shirt
@rachelsalenius
Frida Shirt
@sew.evie
Daphne Trousers
Meet Your Teacher
Hetty is the founder of the Modern Sewing Co., a professional designer and pattern cutter with 15 years experience in garment making. Having trained at London College of Fashion and the Tailoring Academy she is passionate about great design, detailed construction techniques and helping people make beautiful clothes.
Customer Reviews
This course was a great introduction to sewing for an almost complete beginner. I’m so thrilled with my creations and have picked up good skills and habits to go forward in my sewing journey. I would highly recommend this course and look forward to making many more garments with The Modern Sewing Co.
I've wanted to learn to sew for a while and finally worked up the courage to buy a machine! I did lots of research on courses that I could learn from and decided on this one because it looked like clothes that I would actually wear and were made with good technique. Right now, I've created 3/5 of the garments (Cara, Frida, and Over Shirt) and I am sooooo thankful I bought this. It is broken down so simply and clearly and I've already learned so much. Nothing seems too overwhelming and I've been so pleased with the instruction. The patterns are easy to understand and the instructions are clear. I wore my Frida shirt to work! My Over Shirt looks like a real thing you could buy in a store! I can't believe I actually made them myself!
I look forward to starting on the trousers in this pack and once I'm finished with these garments, I'll definitely be buying other patterns from The Modern Sewing Co. Exceptional quality on everything I encountered from this company.
Thank you!
I bought the workshop when I was getting back into sewing and re-learning skills, and have been SO impressed with the quality of the tutorials and finished garments. The instructions are clear and well presented, and I can't fault the quality of the patterns. The pieces in the collection mix and match really nicely and I have made a couple of them more than once already. Can't recommend enough, thank you!