Creative Assemble

06/11/2025

SEWING CLASSES COMING UP

ADULTS
1️⃣ Saturday, Jan 24th / ‘Intro to Sewing’ Workshop / Learn to use a machine and make a tote / 🏅Beginner / 📍Monkstown
2️⃣ Tuesday, Jan 27th / Tues Evenings 9wk Course / Make a Top / 🏅Beginner & Intermediate / 📍Sandymount
3️⃣ Sunday, March 22nd / ‘Intro to Sewing’ Workshop / Learn to use a machine and make a tote / 🏅Beginner /📍Mount Merrion

KIDS
(Ages 8–12)
1️⃣ Tuesday, Jan 27th / Tues After-school 9wk Course / Sewing fundamentals & Upcycling / 🏅Beginner & Intermediate / 📍Sandymount
2️⃣ February Mid-term / Camp / Denim Upcycling / 🏅Beginner & Intermediate / 📍Newtown Park

TEENS
(Ages 13-17)
1️⃣ February Mid-term / Camp / Denim Upcycling / 🏅Beginner & Intermediate / 📍Newtown Park
2️⃣ Sunday, March 22nd / ‘Intro to Sewing’ Workshop / Learn to use a machine and make a tote / 🏅Beginner /📍Mount Merrion

🔔All materials are provided
🔔 Machines are provided or you can bring your own
🔔 Classes are kept small
🔔 All classes taught by founder Mia
🔔 Come and enjoy a relaxing afternoon or evening, and learn a new skill

29/10/2025

SUSTAINABILITY IN FASHION: A big topic, with a stream of information coming at us. Here would be my three go-to’s for clear and backed information.

15/10/2025

ADULTS
1️⃣ Saturday, Jan 24th / ‘Intro to Sewing’ Workshop / Learn to use a machine and make a tote / 🏅Beginner / 📍Monkstown
2️⃣ Tuesday, Jan 27th / Tues Evenings 9wk Course / Make a Top / 🏅Beginner & Intermediate / 📍Sandymount
3️⃣ Sunday, March 22nd / ‘Intro to Sewing’ Workshop / Learn to use a machine and make a tote / 🏅Beginner /📍Mount Merrion

KIDS
(Ages 8–12)
1️⃣ Tuesday, Jan 27th / Tues After-school 9wk Course / Sewing fundamentals & Upcycling / 🏅Beginner & Intermediate / 📍Sandymount
2️⃣ February Mid-term / Camp / Denim Upcycling / 🏅Beginner & Intermediate / 📍Newtown Park

TEENS
(Ages 13-17)
1️⃣ February Mid-term / Camp / Denim Upcycling / 🏅Beginner & Intermediate / 📍Newtown Park
2️⃣ Sunday, March 22nd / ‘Intro to Sewing’ Workshop / Learn to use a machine and make a tote / 🏅Beginner /📍Mount Merrion

🔔All materials are provided
🔔 Machines are provided or you can bring your own
🔔 Classes are kept small
🔔 All classes taught by founder Mia
🔔 Come and enjoy a relaxing afternoon or evening and learn a new skill

14/10/2025

I reflected recently on what I have learnt about teaching children a creative skill. If you’re hoping to bring more creativity into your child’s life at home whether through sewing or anything else, here are some things I like to keep in mind in our classes.

09/10/2025

CLOTHING CARE👖
Truth be told there is only ever one author and account that I have come across that I think does an excellent and consistent job on this topic.

has endless videos that have taught me so much about taking better care of my clothing (my wool jumpers are very grateful) and she is also the author of Garment Goddess, a book that is always in reach in my home.

Sustainabilty is many things but really learning to take care of what we have is an incredible tool to ensure we buy less and really value what we buy. Also, in my experience, since becoming more confident in how to care for my clothing I’m happier to spend a little more on something because I know I can keep it looking well.

08/10/2025

Learn to Sew in 2026, Intro to Sewing workshops for Teens and Adults in Monkstown and Mount Merrion.

29/09/2025

24/09/2025

Intro Sewing Workshop (Beginners)
If you’ve always wanted to learn how to sew, this workshop is the perfect place to begin. I have two dates in early 2026 (teen dates to come)
📍 Monkstown – Sat Jan 24th
📍 Mount Merrion – Sun Mar 22nd

In this relaxed, entry-level workshop, you’ll learn how to:
• Set up and thread a sewing machine
• Wind a bobbin + follow a simple pattern
• Sew your own tote bag from recycled canvas (GRS certified ♻️)

We provide everything — good quality fabrics, machines, and all materials — so you can simply arrive and enjoy the process. A coffee + scone break is included.

Leave with new skills, confidence, and something beautiful you made yourself.

✨ Limited spaces available → link in bio to book.

18/09/2025

🌼Spring 2026 Sewing Classes🌼
Our programme of upcycling, mending and sewing classes and camps for kids, teens and adults in Mount Merrion, Monkstown, Sandymount and Newtown Park Blackrock are now open for booking. Each class is designed to be practical, creative, and confidence-building, with good-quality materials included and a focus on sustainable choices and skills.

Here’s what’s coming up:

KIDS
(Ages 8–12)
1️⃣Jan - April 2025, after-school classes covering sewing fundamentals, mending, and simple projects that build skills for life.
2️⃣A two-day February midterm camp in denim repair, students bring along a pair of jeans, and we will upcycle them.

TEENS
(Ages 13-17)
1️⃣ An afternoon two-day February mid-term workshop in denim upcycling — learning how to take apart, rework and create something new from old.

ADULTS
1️⃣ ‘Intro to Sewing’: a beginner-friendly workshop to set up a machine, sew with confidence and complete your first project.
2️⃣ Tuesday Evenings in Sandymount: a course where you’ll learn garment-making and leave with something unique you’ve created.

🔔All materials are provided.
All classes are designed to make sewing approachable and enjoyable. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to build on existing skills, there’s a place for you at the table.

Bookings are now open — link in bio.

05/09/2025

Incoming...

07/01/2025

A little update on our classes, courses, and workshops... We are going on a little break for the next 9 months as I await a new arrival to my family. Classes will resume in late September 2025 in all locations, and details of these classes will go live by the end of July. This also means we will have no summer camps in 2025.

Whilst I am here, I must thank all the kids, adult students, and parents whose children have attended Creative Assemble in 2024, and thank you for your well wishes. It's been a great great year, and it's a shame to hit pause, but there's other important work to be doing over the next nine months, and then it's back to business.

To be the first to hear about September 2025 classes, please visit the link in our bio to register your interest.

10/09/2023

REDUCING OUR FABRIC WASTE It's easy to take a new piece of fabric and cut at your leisure, but in class we aim to use and teach fabric with care. There are some obvious things like cutting as close the edges as possible but naturally in any sewing environment you are left with scraps, so what do we do with them? Well, the small scraps get cut up to create filling for little hanging decorations that we make should a student finish a project early. Larger scraps both from the shirts from and our own fabrics get ironed onto vilene (a fusiable interling that helps add weight to a fabric) and we then cut small shapes to form the body of our decorations.

It's a good start but there is always more we can do. In our September Kids sewing course we will be continuing to use shirting that cannot be sold in all our products in an effort to cut down on the use of new fabrics.