Slow making for busy women, 15 minutes at a time.
There’s something calming about making with your hands. The click of needles, the hum of a sewing machine, a cup of tea going cold beside you because you’re lost in it.
That’s a hygge moment. And you don’t need a whole afternoon for it. Fifteen minutes is enough.
Choose Your Make
Two cosy makes, sewn slowly by hand or on your sewing machine, 15 minutes at a time.
Step 1 · Complete beginners
The Hygge Tote Bag
A simple, unlined bag to carry all your hygge essentials. The perfect first make if you have never sewn before.
£12.99 £5.99
Step 2 · Once you’ve made your bag
Hyggebukser
The cosiest pyjama trousers you’ll ever own, made in eight 15-minute evenings.
£15.99 £7.99
Each pack includes the pattern, step-by-step videos and my free book, Sewing Made Easy for Beginners.
FREE IN EVERY PACK
Sewing Made Easy for Beginners
Whichever make you choose, you’ll get my 85-page beginner’s guide free, yours to keep. Everything you need to feel at home with your sewing machine: threading up, stitches, seams and hems, plus my top tips from 30 years of dressmaking.
A Note From Collette
I’m a qualified fashion lecturer with 30 years of dressmaking behind me. But the best things I know, I learned at Nanna Betty’s kitchen table.
Where It All Started: Nanna Betty
My Nanna Betty was born in Salford in the 1920s, into a world that still felt very Victorian: cobbled streets, smoggy skies and a tiled pub on every corner.
She was part of the make, do and mend generation. She worked as a machinist at the Macintosh factory, and at home she made her own dresses, wearing them proudly to the local dance. She never threw anything away. Holes were darned, trousers were patched, and clothes beyond repair became rag rugs.
When I was a little girl, she taught me to sew. We’d spend cosy Sunday afternoons together, sewing and chatting, while she told me stories about growing up in old Salford.
Because of her, I became a fashion teacher and designer. Now I want to share that same feeling with you: not perfect stitches, just the joy of slowing down and making something with love.
What Is a Hygge Make?
A hygge make isn’t about getting it right. It’s about the time you give yourself while you make it.
It might be a few rows of knitting, sewing on a pocket, or mending a favourite jumper. Something small and cosy, done slowly, just for you.
How the Club Works
- Two cosy makes to choose from: the hygge bag for complete beginners, then hyggebukser.
- One pack for each make, with the pattern, step-by-step videos and my free book, Sewing Made Easy for Beginners. Both are on sale now.
- Sew by hand or by machine, 15 minutes at a time, at your own pace.
- A free monthly email with a 15-minute making moment.
- Share your makes in our Facebook group
Ready to Make Something Cosy?
New to sewing? Start with the hygge bag. Made your bag? Treat yourself to a pair of hyggebukser.
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