We don't ask you to part with your cash and leave you floundering.  We provide a multitude of ways to ask questions, feel supported and have all the benefits of a face to face live class with a real tutor. We are real tutors, and we are speedy in our responses! 

COMMUNITY is every thing to us.  Each course has its own closed Facebook group so you can hang out with your course-mates, see if anyone has a question that matches yours, or share a photograph if you have a question.  We are quick to respond, and we will - no other online sewing provider gives you the level of tutor support that we offer through our brand new digital Academy.

WEEKLY LIVE TUTOR ZOOMS We've mentioned the access to an experienced tutor, but the shining star of this is a weekly LIVE call with a tutor for you to drop into, network with other sewists, make friends, chat and share your big wins of that week.  These are yours to access for as long as you need them, if you are a student of ours on a paid-for course, you are welcome to join us!

We know that times are tough - we want to make it easier for you to get the skills and know-how you need.  Nearly all of our courses have instalment options so you can spread the cost while you learn.

I have a dream.

It's been said before by so many people, including the iconic Abba, but it is true.

My dream is that people who have had a lifetime of conditioning that their body is in some way under-par (this is mostly but not exclusive to women) can experience the liberating magic that a few simple stitches and some know-how can bring to improve your relationship with yourself.

It is truly, TRULY, transformative.

You don't need to make a whole wardrobe, simply knowing a bit about line and proportion can set you free from those awful changing room gremlin voices that whisper in your ear 'your body is not good enough'

They are lying.

Garment design is all in the trickery of line and proportion.  Once you know this, you can make anything, literally ANYTHING work for your body.

Knowing how to sew gives you the added advantage that you can completely have control over your fabric choices, colours, textures, and are not beholden to designers who have never set eyes on you, who have no idea who YOU are, in your heart, inside and outside, designing clothes for you to wear and giving you no alternative options than a frustrated and disappointing session of trying on.

A bit of sewing know-how can also improve these situations because in trying something on you can immediately see how with a few simple tweaks you may be able to make it work - or how with a hack of a pattern, you may be able to replicate it at home!

Our mission is to help you, at whatever stage of your journey, find the liberation to feel good in your own skin, and express who you really are through your clothing.

If garment making isn't your thing - we are also passionate about the emotional well-being benefits of creativity. 

Whether a home-made gifts or practical objects the simple act of sewing brings so much to everyone who does it!

I founded Start to Stitch to bring all of this to the people around me, and our move to online learning in our brand new 'best. of both worlds' academy allows me to cast the love even further afield!

I would love for you to join us,

Annie

x