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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Fashion: intermediate sewing skills
Course Date: Mon 14 Jan 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetPractice working with a jersey / stretch fabric and sew a comfortable and wearable top from a pattern which can be adapted into a dress. Learn how to cut, sew and work neatly. Suitable for those with some sewing experience.Full fee: £239.00Senior fee: £239.00Concession: £146.00 -
Experimental screen printing for textiles
Course Date: Tue 15 Jan 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetDevelop painterly approaches to textile screen printing using open screen techniques, collage type effects, monoprinting, and direct painting on to screen and cloth with dyes. Imaginatively explore dye and pigment, mark, colour, texture and surface.Full fee: £259.00Senior fee: £259.00Concession: £259.00 -
Designing textiles using Photoshop: stage 2
Course Date: Thu 17 Jan 2019 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetLearn intermediate Photoshop and design techniques in order to develop your textile design skills, gain clearer creative direction and expand your portfolio. This intensive textile design course is an ideal progression for those who have completed ' Designing textiles using Photoshop: stage 1'.Full fee: £299.00Senior fee: £239.00Concession: £182.00 -
Hand knitting for improvers
Course Date: Sat 19 Jan 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetTake your knitting beyond simple stocking stitch, adding colour and texture by playing with stitches, stripes and learning techniques such as lace and Aran knitting.Full fee: £189.00Senior fee: £151.00Concession: £115.00 -
Introduction to printing with natural dyes
Course Date: Sun 20 Jan 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetDiscover contemporary techniques of printing onto fabric with natural dyes. Through demonstrations, personal exploration, and individual tuition you will learn how to use mordents and natural dye colours, and transform your textile designs into prints.Full fee: £209.00Senior fee: £209.00Concession: £127.00 -
Leather fashion accessories
Course Date: Sun 20 Jan 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetAn introduction to a range of construction and decoration techniques for hand-stitched leather accessories. Explore the decorative qualities of vegetable-tanned leather and learn how to make belts, cuffs and a purse or small bag in firm leather. Tutor: Katherine Pogson.Full fee: £299.00Senior fee: £299.00Concession: £182.00 -
City Lit textiles: surface, structure, stitch
Course Date: Tue 22 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: £389.00Senior fee: £389.00Concession: £237.00 -
Introduction to Shibori dyeing
Course Date: Thu 24 Jan 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetA beginners introduction to hand dyed fabrics using the Japanese Shibori technique. Knot, gather, crunch, fold, wrap and bind cloth samples in both experimental and methodical ways to explore this traditional process.Full fee: £129.00Senior fee: £103.00Concession: £79.00 -
Introduction to clothes making
Course Date: Fri 25 Jan 2019 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetLearn how to make your own clothes. This beginner's course will teach you how to use the sewing machine, as well as basic sewing techniques and processes. Start by sampling, then construct a simple garment.Full fee: £229.00Senior fee: £229.00Concession: £140.00 -
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.Full fee: £179.00Senior fee: £143.00Concession: £109.00 -
Introduction to using the sewing machine
Course Date: Sun 17 Feb 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 -
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 the home
Course Date: Tue 26 Feb 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: £149.00Senior fee: £149.00Concession: £91.00