Introduction to Fashion and Textiles is an evening class taught once a week at Edinburgh College’s Granton campus. The course is designed for those interested in; fashion and textiles, starting a new hobby or pursuing a new career
DurationCourse overview
Introduction to Fashion and Textiles is an evening class taught once a week at Edinburgh College’s Granton campus. The course is designed for those interested in; fashion and textiles, starting a new hobby or pursuing a new career.
You will need little to no experience in fashion and textile design as this course will start with the very basics. During this course, you will develop your artistic abilities and learn the techniques needed to construct basic garments and accessories.
You will work in Edinburgh College school of art’s fashion and textile studio where you will receive training in sewing machines, garment construction, fabric dyeing, embroidery and embellishments.
You will also learn pattern cutting which can lead to further design studies or employment in the fashion and textiles sector. This course will provide you with a portfolio that you can use in UCAS and further study applications to study an art and design course at a university level.
How the course is assessed
Course work is assessed through an SQA unit and portfolio submission
Number of days per week
1 evening per week
Edinburgh College was formed on 1 October 2012 as part of the merger of Edinburgh's Jewel and Esk, Telford, and Stevenson colleges. The college has four campuses, all of which were previously the campuses of the constituents of the merger:
On 17 April 2012, Edinburgh's Jewel and Esk, Telford, and Stevenson colleges collectively submitted to the Scottish Government a business case for their merger into a single "Edinburgh" college.
The merger was approved by the Scottish Ministers, and came into force on 1 October 2012. Edinburgh College values it’s rich history, especially those of the many legacy colleges that have come together over the years to better serve the learners of the Edinburgh and Lothian’s region.
A project is currently underway to collate the history of Edinburgh College and its legacy institutions and to create an archive of material to tell its story. Lots of interesting items have already been uncovered including old prospectuses, student newsletters, photographs and a log book from Ramsay Technical Institute dated 1923.
The basics are easy and anyone can learn. Sewing is a valuable skill which gives you the freedom to create, mend or alter your own clothing, accessories and soft furnishings.
Are you creative? Do you want to learn how to make your own clothes? Then this course is for you! Over this 5 week dressmaking course we will be there every step of the way to guide you to the perfect article.
A professional sewing course to develop your basic machine sewing skills to professional standard. We'll focus on how to make lightweight garments for women, looking at the techniques used in top-quality ready-to-wear pieces.
Together we'll make a pair of fingerless mitts, learning all the basics of knitting along the way: how to knit, purl, cast on and bind off as well as seaming and weaving in the ends of your finished project.
The aim of this class is to teach you the basics and get you started. You will begin this workshop being shown how to hold your hook and yarn, how to create the basic chain and then introduce you to crochet stitches such as single, double and treble crochet.
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