K&B Sewing Machines

04/06/2026

Do you know all of the seams your overlocker can create? 🧵

From clean edges to decorative finishes: your baby lock overlocker can do more than you might think.

This infographic gives you a quick overview of the most important stitch types; perfect to save, check, and try in your next project.

Which seam do you use most often? Tell us in the comments.

Save this guide for your next overlocker project.

01/06/2026

Our Embroidery Club had lots of fun on Saturday making teddy bears on their embroidery machines and learning how to personalise them. There could be a bear for every occasion! 🧸

30/05/2026

Come and make a Sample Roman Blind with Natacha Pellicano from Naxa Designs.

Workshop in Romsey

28/05/2026

Interested in Free motion Embroidery? Would you like to learn how? Join Sarah for a taster session and learn the basics to get you started!

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟭𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬-𝟮𝗽𝗺

Join local artist Sarah Maddison and learn the art of free motion embroidery with your sewing machine

27/05/2026

𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦? 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨 5 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 1950'𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨!

Come to our 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 and you will learn all about:

-Anatomy of a dress pattern
-Taking your own measurements
-Understanding sizes and changes you need to make to fit your body.
-What patterns to use.
-Suitable fabric choices.
-Cutting out a toile in muslin.
-Tools needed.
-Understanding symbols and patterns
-Making a toile.
-Finishing seams.
-Benefits of using an Overlocker.
-Test garment fitting and lots more!

This is a 2 week course.

Dates:

Week 1 -Thursday 23rd July 10-2pm

Week 2 -Thursday 30th July 10-2pm

K&B Sewing Machines, Romsey, Hampshire

26/05/2026

We would like to say a massive thank you to Sarah Maddison at Sixty Four Packing Cases for her very kind donation of the Janome sewing machine, and to Sandra Neil for donating the Janome Embellisher.

These amazing items will be put to great use helping Reach further develop our skills and enhance the products we produce.

A special thank you also to K&B Sewing Machines for spreading the word about Reach — we really appreciate your support, guys! 💙

26/05/2026

Freemotion Landscape Evening Bags 👜

Thank you to Sarah Maddison for a wonderful class on making very special evening bags. All of the students made gorgeous bags, stitching out a landscape scene which holds special memories to them.

26/05/2026

New to machine embroidery? Don’t want to waste endless fabrics and materials while you practice? Get yourself a pack of Tea Towels or make your own. Easy to embroider and a great way to learn different techniques. Appliqué Strawberries for summer picnics 🍓💕

26/05/2026

Would you like to make your own Roman Blind for your home? We have one place remaining on our workshop in June.

Workshop in Romsey

23/05/2026

Five lovely ladies attended our Wax Bag Workshop today. They all left with beautiful hand-crafted bags to be proud of. Some of the ladies also attended Alison Hulme Textiles printing workshop the week before and made their own fabric for the bag.