Fashion & Textiles Courses in London
Are you looking to develop skills in fashion, either for your own personal interest or to help you progress onto further or higher education? Maybe you have aspirations of a new career or starting your own business in the fashion industry, or maybe you just want to design your own clothes or learn how to style yourself. Our range of fashion courses include: fashion illustration, styling, design, developing fashion drawing skills and creating fashion accessories. Any questions? Contact our visual arts team on 020 7492 2700 Monday - Friday between 10am - 5pm.
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City Lit textiles: surface, structure, stitch
Course Date: Wed 23 Jan 2019 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetInvestigate textile structures and surfaces through this project based course. Develop an experimental portfolio of 2 and 3D stitched samples, sketchbook research and aim towards a finished piece.Full fee: £499.00Senior fee: £399.00Concession: £304.00 -
Introduction to Shibori dyeing
Course Date: Thu 24 Jan 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetShibori is an exciting way of using traditional resist techniques to create unique patterns and shapes whilst dyeing fabric. We will explore folding, tieing, and stitching materials, before immersing them in synthetic and natural dyes.Full fee: £129.00Senior fee: £103.00Concession: £79.00 -
Feltmaking: colour, texture and 3D structures
Course Date: Fri 15 Feb 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetLearn the techniques of this fundamental fabric. Make connections with textiles, jewellery, painting and sculpture. Draw with wool fibre, create fabrics for textiles, fashion and interiors and construct 3D forms for jewellery and sculpture.Full fee: £159.00Senior fee: £159.00Concession: £97.00 -
Recycled fashion: textile embellishment and print
Course Date: Sat 16 Feb 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetReclaim your old fabrics and breathe new life into unused clothing by exploring textile surface manipulation techniques and print methods including the Japanese Boro Boro technique.Full fee: £179.00Senior fee: £143.00Concession: £109.00 -
Sewing on Sundays: improvers
Course Date: Sun 24 Feb 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetStart making clothes with this unisex shirt pattern. Take measurements correctly, choose the right pattern size, lay out and cut pattern pieces, sew contour darts, invisible zip, sleeves and neck facings. You must be able to use a sewing machine!Full fee: £199.00Senior fee: £199.00Concession: £121.00 -
Sewing for interior projects
Course Date: Tue 26 Feb 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetBecome familiar with the sewing machine, learning how to thread up and use the machine safely and competently. Practice machine stitching different seams, hems and inserting a zip. Basic materials included.Full fee: £149.00Senior fee: £149.00Concession: £91.00 -
Experimental embroidery for fashion and textiles
Course Date: Wed 27 Feb 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetA creative and non-traditional approach to hand embroidery, exploring stitch techniques and materials in your own personalised way to leave an impression on an existing garment or textiles piece.Full fee: £229.00Senior fee: £229.00Concession: £140.00 -
Textiles: basics for beginners
Course Date: Thu 28 Feb 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetGet started with the basics of textiles by painting, printing and stitching fabric. Combine simple practical techniques with design work in colour, texture, pattern and composition.Full fee: £129.00Senior fee: £129.00Concession: £79.00 -
Hand stitched textiles: Indian influence
Course Date: Sat 2 Mar 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetInspired by the richly embroidered textiles of India (Punjab and Rajasthan), examine traditional methods such as mirror work, embroidery and appliqué. Experiment and play with these techniques to create contemporary samples.Full fee: £209.00Senior fee: £167.00Concession: £127.00 -
Textiles and surface pattern: understanding repeats
Course Date: Sun 17 Mar 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetDiscover the basics skills of repeat patterns including straight repeats, drop repeats and complex repeats in this fun and hands on course. Build repeats using drawing and printing, then move onto creating hand printed textile samples. Suitable for all levels.Full fee: £149.00Senior fee: £149.00Concession: £91.00 -
Make a leather bag
Course Date: Tue 19 Mar 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetStart the new season with a custom made bag! Learn to adapt a pattern, cut out, attach buckles and other fittings, and construct your own bag in firm hide.Full fee: £239.00Senior fee: £239.00Concession: £146.00 -
Crochet for improvers
Course Date: Sat 23 Mar 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetIdeal if you know how to crochet but want to progress from the basic stitches. Learn advanced techniques such as shaping, working in the round, cluster stitches and reading patterns.Full fee: £199.00Senior fee: £159.00Concession: £121.00 -
Introduction to using the sewing machine
Course Date: Tue 9 Apr 2019 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetBecome familiar with the sewing machine, learning how to thread up and use the machine safely and competently. Practice machine stitching different seams, hems and inserting a zip. Basic materials included.Full fee: £69.00Senior fee: £69.00Concession: £69.00 -
Fashion: advanced sewing skills
Course Date: Mon 29 Apr 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetPractice working with silk, fine or any luxury fabric to sew a summer dress or party wear from a pattern. Learn how to cut, sew and work neatly. Suitable for those with some sewing experience.Full fee: £239.00Senior fee: £239.00Concession: £146.00
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