Bag Your Scraps

Price: £180 per person (includes all materials and notions).We will send you an email prior to the course starting with detailed information and a payment link. (£50 non-refundable deposit required)

When: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th September 2025

Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM (with breaks for tea, coffee and snacks)

Where:

• Day 1 at The Dastardly Line, Glasgow
• Day 2 at The Indie Sewing Room, Glasgow

This two-day workshop in Glasgow’s East End is a collaboration between Dastardly Line and Indie Sewing Room, combining textile innovation with hands-on industrial skill-building, where you’ll turn your fabric scraps into something bold, unique, and functional.

We designed this course as a natural evolution of The Dastardly Line x V&A textile conservation bags, and we’re excited to launch it as part of Glasgow’s Fair Fashion Festival, offered at a special introductory reduced rate.

The course is designed for home sewers who are already comfortable with domestic machines but are ready to take their skills to the next level.

On Sat 27th September with Dastardly Line, you can either bring along your own fabric scraps to combine with our studio’s collection, or simply work with ours. You’ll get hands-on time with a longarm quilting machine in a playful, tactile way - an ideal introduction to experimental longarm quilting.

On Sun 28th September with Indie Sewing Room, you’ll dive into industrial sewing, learning how to transform your quilted panel into a practical, one-of-a-kind bag. With step-by-step guidance, you’ll get confident using industrial machines and techniques as you stitch your bag from start to finish.

What to bring:

• A basic sewing kit (seam ripper, snips, fabric scissors, pins, hand sewing needles, chalk/pencil)
• (Optional) One standard carrier bag of light to mid weight fabric scraps: small scrappy pieces for collaging and larger pieces that may be used for lining

What’s provided:

• All materials and notions
• Snacks and hot drinks (please advise us of any dietary requirements in advance)

You’ll take home:

• A durable, unique bag made entirely from waste materials, including leather offcuts.
• New industrial sewing skills and confidence
• Inspiration to keep sewing sustainably

Tutors:

• Day 1: Founder of The Dastardly Line - Deborah. A master of collage combined with longarm quilting, with a passion for bringing new life to old fabric and reducing textile waste.
• Day 2: One of The Indie Sewing Room’s founder’s - Siobhan. With 15+ years of experience in garment and textiles manufacturing, an excellent guide to industrial techniques

Your Booking

To book your place on this course, please click through the eventbrite link to pay a non-refundable deposit of £50. This deposit will go towards the course fees and the remaining balance will be due no later that 10 days prior to course start date.

Once you’re booked on the course, you will receive the details to bank transfer the final amount.

Skill level: Basic sewing knowledge required — you should be comfortable using a sewing machine and sewing simple seams.

Accessibility:

• Both venues are accessible via ramp, elevator and stairs
• A short distance from Bridgeton train station, with free on-street parking nearby
• Detailed information will be provided before the class