Sara Radford

Dressmaking teacher

Teaching boned bodices, bridalwear, corsetry, couture sewing techniques and Textiles.

I have been sewing for nearly 40 years and professionally for the last 21 years. Teaching is relatively new for me and I have been doing that for around 18 months.
The workshops that I do at the moment are for couture boned bodices, which has proved extremely popular, and more recently, Victorian period corsets and I have been holding weekly general dressmaking classes on Friday afternoons in Exeter which have been running in 8 week terms since September 2007.
I also hold workshops in free machine embroidery for surface textile decoration for bodices and bags, wearable art.

Offering: private lessons, group classes and workshops.

Aimed at: Beginner and Intermediate.

Ages: 16 +

Rates: Depends on the course

Public Classes

Victorian Period Corset

Further details on the workshop can be found on www.cottesloeweddings.com which gives you a list of what you need to bring with you to the workshop. This will be a smaller workshop for 3/4 people enabling students to have more personal tuition. Materials are included but you would need to bring a fashion fabric for the outer layer of your corset.

Type:

workshop

Venue:

Exmouth

Location:

72 Salterton Road, Exmouth, Devon, United Kingdom

Date and time:

Sunday 7th September, 9.30am - 4.30pm

Rates:

£95 (materials included)

Private Teaching

Corset making, wedding dress making

I can teach one-to-one for bridal and corsets or a small group of 3-5 for more individual attention, this is particularly good for corsetry as this tends to be quite an intensive workshop.

Teaching locations:

I teach from home (or a fixed venue)

Teaching locations:

I travel to students

Location:

Exmouth, Devon, United Kingdom

THE SMALL PRINT

I will take students younger than 16 provided that a parent attends aswell.
The workshops that I teach at Countess Wear Village Hall in Exeter will be bound by their terms and conditions where refunds are not made if a student cancels a place on a course less than six weeks before the course is due to start or the course is not attended by the student.
Workshops that I teach privately at home are offered on a random basis when enough students have expressed an interest in doing a particular sewing project.