Beginner Sewing: Tote Bag
About this workshop
Walk in with zero sewing experience, walk out with a tote bag you actually made yourself. This beginner sewing workshop in Amsterdam is the perfect first introduction to getting behind a machine without the overwhelm.
You'll start with the basics: threading up, understanding tension, and getting comfortable with straight stitching. Then you get into it. Using a simple tote bag kit, you'll cut your fabric, pin your seams, and sew the whole thing together step by step. The setting is a relaxed Naaicafe (sewing cafe) in Amsterdam, so there's always someone on hand to help if you get stuck.
You leave with a finished cotton tote bag and the confidence to know you can actually do this.
About the host
DE STEEK is Amsterdam's go-to spot for anyone who wants to learn to sew, stitch, or fix what they already own. Part sewing café, part fabric shop, part workshop studio. It's a proper creative space where making things with your hands is just what people do on a Tuesday afternoon. Founded in 2019 by fashion designer Natalie de Koning, DE STEEK grew out of eight years of teaching sewing across Amsterdam. The idea was simple: bring it all under one roof, make it accessible to everyone, and ditch the intimidation factor completely. It worked. At the studio, a rotating team of fashion designers and textile artists run workshops on everything from pattern cutting to natural dyeing to visible mending.
DE STEEK's workshops attract total beginners and experienced makers alike. No judgement, no pressure, just good instruction, the right tools, and a room full of people figuring it out together.
Available Sessions
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