A sewing workshop in Saint-Louis is a three-hour session to get started with sewing, or a two-day course in fashion, sewing and design. Both options are priced per person.

Two formats, from session to course

Two options exist: a three-hour sewing workshop and a two-day “fashion, sewing and design” course, for anyone who wants to go from a first taste to a complete first approach to the trade. The first is a discovery format, which lets you handle fabric and the machine, and leave with your first techniques; the second is for those who want to go further in designing and making garments. Both are priced per person. The three-hour workshop takes up half a day, which leaves the rest of the day for visiting the island; the two-day course covers three areas at once, from the idea of the garment, with fashion and design, to its making, with sewing.

If you live in Saint-Louis, it is a way to train locally, without leaving the city. If you are visiting, it is a half-day workshop to slot into a stay, between two visits to the island.

Saint-Louis, between river and ocean

Saint-Louis is a former colonial capital at the mouth of the Senegal River, facing the Atlantic Ocean, and its historic island is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city is made up of three parts: the island of Ndar in the middle of the river, the Langue de Barbarie on the ocean side and Sor on the mainland bank. Heritage, fishing, birdwatching and a Sahelian atmosphere meet here: it is today a leading cultural and nature destination. Saint-Louis is part of the Saint-Louis region, in the north, along the river.

Around the sewing

To extend the day, the Langue de Barbarie National Park, the Guembeul reserve and the Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary are the region’s nature outings. For textile creation, dyeing, batik and textile workshops and craft and skills workshops go in the same direction.