Claire's Threads

New Workshops & Sewalongs The Sewing Room is open once again and there has been lots going on... Dear Friend  The Midhurst Sewing Room is Open Again Read more...

The next stage of Lockdown is coming to an end and we are getting ready to welcome you back to the Sewing Room.We have loved running Sew Alongs over the last few months - it has been so nice to sew with so many of you we have all created some fantastic garments, here are just a few           Read more...

I hope you are safe and well and keeping busy in these difficult times.We have been busy with online tutorials and Sew-Alongs this month and as it looks like the Sewing Room will be closed for a few weeks yet we have added some more to the website.  We hope you can join us.There are day classes which include, skirts, dresses, Read more...

Happy New Year - I hope you had a lovely Christmas and you are safe & well.Making plans for workshops in the Sewing Room has now changed to making plans for Lockdown Sewing - we have done it before and we can do it again   The Sewing Room will be waiting to welcome you as soon as we can reopen.      Read more...

After a busy lockdown with Facebook Lives, Zoom 121's and Sewalongs it was nice to get back to the Sewing Room to run a few workshops in December.  Some beautiful garments were made, from shirts to pyjamas everyone worked so hard, here are some pictures of students work           Read more...

Here we are again starting another month of lockdown - a perfect time to add to your handmade wardrobe Before we had to close the Sewing Room, we had lots of workshops and some beautiful garments were finished - here are just a few                      & Read more...

The new website is up and running (after a couple of delays)  please do have a look and let me know what you think.There are some new workshops to inspire you, The lovely Sue Cotten returns to the Sewing Room with 4 new workshops.The Project Bag - a lovely big bag perfect for bringing your sewing projects to classes    Read more...

I hope you are safe and well despite all the restrictions we are living under.  We have had a Summer of Sewing in Midhurst with some lovely garments being made                           I wanted to let you know about some exciting things that will be happening at the Read more...

I hope you are safe and well and starting to venture out as the restrictions we have been under are lifted.  It has been a difficult time and still is,  but there are exciting times ahead and lots to look forward to.I haven't done as much sewing as I would have liked but I did finish my Couture Jacket and I am really happy with it - many Read more...

I hope you are safe and well in these difficult timesI wanted to update you on what we have been up to in Midhurst - well actually we are not in the Sewing Room at the moment but running things from home.The last few weeks have been very busy while we try to adapt to our "new normal"At the start of the lock-down we had to postpone our two  Read more...