ThreadWerk: sewing and crochet classes for kids and teens in JLT
- Ages6+years and up
- PriceAED 563a course, lowest price
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About ThreadWerk
ThreadWerk is a sewing and crochet studio at The Dome in Cluster N, Jumeirah Lakes Towers, which describes itself as KHDA-accredited and has been running since 2018. Alongside adult courses and a fabric shop, it runs a full ladder of children's classes. Six- to eight-year-olds start in the Mini Sewing Bees Club, a weekly one-hour hand-sewing session. From nine, children can take the five-session Kids & Teens Sewing Beginner Workshop, where they learn the sewing machine and make a tote bag, drawstring bag, pyjama shorts and a zipped pouch, then move on to the weekly Kids & Teens Sewing Club. The Kids & Teens Crochet Club, also 9+, welcomes complete beginners. All materials are included in the kids' classes, and beginner groups are capped at nine. Weekly clubs are sold in packs of 5 or 10 sessions and pause over the main school holidays, when the studio runs sewing and crochet camps instead.
The activity
Sewing & Fashion, explained
Sewing classes teach children to turn flat fabric into things they can use and wear. Younger children usually start with hand sewing: threading a needle safely, learning running stitch and back stitch, and finishing small felt or fabric projects. From around nine, many move on to a sewing machine, learning to thread it, sew straight lines and corners, cut and pin fabric, and put in a zip. Crochet is the yarn-and-hook cousin, built stitch by stitch. Along the way children practise fine motor control, patience, following step-by-step instructions and finishing what they start, and they go home with something real they made themselves.
Who it's for
Children aged 6-8 (Mini Sewing Bees, hand sewing, no experience needed); 9+ complete beginners (Kids & Teens Sewing Beginner Workshop, Kids & Teens Crochet Club); 9+ confident beginners who can already thread a machine and sew straight lines (Kids & Teens Sewing Club). The site also describes a Teenage Maker workshop for 13+, but no dates are on the booking calendar; ask the provider. Teens 15+ can join the adult Beginner Sewing Course. Adults have separate classes.
What to expect
Beginner groups are small: the studio caps beginner courses at nine students and needs at least two booked to run. Everything is provided for the kids' classes, including fabric or yarn, tools and use of the studio's Brother and Bernette machines, and children can bring their own machine or yarn if they prefer. In the machine workshops, the first session covers getting to know the machine; if your child is bringing their own, bring it from day one. The beginner sewing workshop sends children home with four finished projects. There is no single-session trial: clubs are sold in packs of 5 or 10, and all bookings are prepaid.
Highlights
- Hand-sewing club for ages 6-8, one hour a week (threadwerk.com)
- Machine sewing from age 9 with four projects to take home (threadwerk.com)
- Weekly crochet club for 9+, complete beginners welcome (threadwerk.com)
- Beginner groups capped at nine students (threadwerk.com)
- All fabrics, yarn, tools and machine use included in kids' classes (threadwerk.com)
- Sewing and crochet camps in school holidays, next one 12-16 October (threadwerk.com)
Why parents rate it
What parents say on Google
ThreadWerk holds 4.7 on Google from 87 reviews. 79 of those are five-star, with one four-star, one two-star and six one-star reviews.
The facts
- Ages
- Mini Sewing Bees: 6-8
- Kids & Teens Sewing Beginner Workshop: 9+
- Kids & Teens Sewing Club: 9+ (prior machine experience needed)
- Kids & Teens Crochet Club: 9+
- Prices
- Kids & Teens Sewing Beginner Workshop: AED 1,250 per person (5 x 2 hours)
- Mini Sewing Bees: AED 563 (5 x 1 hour)or AED 1,000 (10 x 1 hour)
- Kids & Teens Sewing Club and Crochet Club: AED 1,125 (5 x 2 hours) or AED 1,900 (10 x 2 hours), per child
- October camp 12-16 October: AED 1,250 including materials
- Schedule
- Dubai weekly clubs - Mini Sewing Bees: Fri 2PM, Sat 1:30PM, Sun 10AM (1 hour). Sewing Club: Wed-Thu 4:30-6:30PM, Fri 3:30-5:30PM, Sat 2-4PM, Sun 9-11AM and 11AM-1PM. Crochet Club: Wed-Thu 4:30-6:30PM, Fri 3:30-5:30PM, Sat 3-5PM, Sun 9-11AM (combined sewing and crochet club) and 1:30-3:30PM. Beginner workshop dates and exact times on the class calendar
- Trial
- No single sessions; clubs sold in packs of 5 or 10
- Where
- ThreadWerk DMCC, The Dome 606, Cluster N, Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai
- How to book
- threadwerk.punchpass.com/calendar · +971 4 876 1508 · [email protected]
- Opening hours
- MonClosed
- Tue–Thu9:30am–6:30pm
- Fri2pm–8pm
- Sat–Sun10am–5pm
Questions parents ask
Good to know
- RTA parking in Cluster N, with more in Cluster M a three-minute walk away (threadwerk.com)
- About 15 minutes' walk or a 15-minute bus ride from DMCC Metro Station (threadwerk.com)
- Weekly clubs pause during the spring, summer and winter school breaks; February and October half-term sessions only if numbers allow (threadwerk.com)
- Club sessions are not lost with at least 12 hours' notice; late cancellations and no-shows use up a session (threadwerk.com)
- Packs must be used within 2.5 months (5 sessions) or 4 months (10 sessions) (threadwerk.com)
- Some classes also run at other locations, including MAKE Abu Dhabi; check the class calendar for where each session is held (threadwerk.com)
Prices, ages and times change — confirm with the provider before you book.
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Location
Skip mapThe Dome Tower - Office 606 - Cluster N - Al Thanyah Fifth - Jumeirah Lakes Towers - Dubai
