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Course for Professional Development

Professional Development
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Accredited by City & Guilds

Invest in Your People

City & Guild Accredited Learning Centre

Investing in people is crucial for businesses and organisations. Accredited courses offer real results that teach skills and increase confidence. 

For more than 20 years we have delivered City and Guilds accredited textile courses for both beginners and advanced practitioners. These are comprehensive learning programmes providing practical and  theoretical skills development. 

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Professional Development Courses

Whether your organisation offers life changing opportunities to start-ups, you hire shop-floor staff, or simply want to provide a perk, we understand the power of investing in people. Courses like ours have the power to develop skills, knowledge and confidence which increasing productivity and retention. Plus, our advanced level courses (skill stage 3 and 4 courses) include a vital business practise module which gets students thinking about commercial viability, working with clients and introduces them to valuable marketing principles.  

We offer 8 different textile subjects which are split into Skill Stages. Skills Stage 2 is aimed at beginners, Skill Stage 3 is for students with some practical knowledge or experience of study, while our Skill Stage 4 courses are for more advanced crafters.  

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Knitting

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Crochet

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Patchwork & Quilting

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Hand Embroidery

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Machine Embroidery

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Stumpwork

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Felt Making

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Textiles

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Study Features

Distance Learning

Students can study around other commitments at their own pace. With full support from a personal tutor.

Various Skill level

Split into differnt study levels our courses are perfect for beginners and advanced crafters.

City & Guilds

Our courses are uniquely accredited by City & Guilds, which means they're recognised for their quality in teaching and delivery.

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If you’d like more information about how our courses can help shape lives then please do get in touch with us. In the meantime take a look through some of our graduate stories. 

Student Reviews

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Embroidery on Crochet with the creator, Crochet graduate Melissa Taylor

Crochet SS3

Melissa Taylor

“The course has really opened my mind to what I can achieve if I put my mind to it. My teacher was very supportive throughout the course giving me feedback on how to improve, and she gave me the reassurance I sometimes needed. Since joining the School of Stitched Textiles, I have put together and delivered a 10-week crochet course at a Further Education College. As the qualification I was studying is accredited, this made me believe I was good enough to do it.”
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Anne Galliot pictured with some of hand embroidery work

Hand Embroidery SS2

Anne Galliot

“The design module gave me the opportunity to unleash my inner artist! In the next two modules, my confidence shot up as I trusted by creative process more and applied it to new techniques, tried out new things, and let my creativity blossom. Before I completed the course, I would never in a million years have imagined that I would be able to create a piece such as the one I submitted for the final assessment. I am so proud of my achievements!”
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Beginner Hand Embroidery course graduate, Kirsten Shearer with her stitch sampler.

Hand Embroidery SS2

Kirsten Shearer

“The course has allowed me to be just as expressive and personal through this medium as any other. I learned new types and techniques of embroidery which I’d never even heard of, which will definitely inform future pieces of my work. Mostly though it has helped me develop a regular practice of work at home and how to be disciplined with my time.”
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Crocheted bunting by crochet graduate Eve Llewellyn

Crochet SS3

Eve Llewellyn

“This course has encouraged me to consider new possibilities for ways to monetise my skills. Up until now, I didn’t have faith in my ability to write patterns and would never have contemplated writing a pattern book in the future. I have learnt new techniques and improved the way I present my work”
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Clare Allison Patchwork and Quilting Graduate and a sample of her work

Patchwork & Quilting SS2

Clare Allison

“The most helpful part of the course has been an opportunity to develop creatively, not just through learning new patchwork and quilting techniques but through working through the whole design process from researching different artists, learning about the elements of art, to going out to take photos to manipulate into my own designs.”
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Hand Embroidery Graduate Teresa Miller

Hand Embroidery SS3

Teresa Miller

“As someone who loves studying and has been described by friends as ‘a perpetual student’, I was drawn to the accredited courses as it would give me a qualification at the end which might enable me to generate an income from something I love doing.”
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Crochet Graduate Judy Sendrove with a sample of her work

Crochet SS3

Judy Sendrove

“The course has taught me how to work through an idea, from the thought process to design, timings, and costings. I have learnt about different materials and how it can affect your choice. The course has helped me discover and push new skills and given me more confidence. It has helped me realise what kind of business I would like to create.”
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Profile Picture of Vivienne Richmond and her hand dyed yarns

Crochet SS3

Vivienne Richmond

“I am continuing with my studies at present by working on the Skill Stage 4 Hand Embroidery. My ultimate goal is to take on commissions and maybe run a few of my own workshops as I enjoy encouraging others to try stitching. Doing this course has given me the confidence – and the knowledge – to start to take steps into achieving this.”
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Graduate Story by Jan Lidgley, intermediate knitting course

Knitting SS3

Jan Lidgley

“The course gave me the opportunity to try out some new skills which I would not have touched otherwise, such as dyeing yarn and cotton material, making clay and fabric buttons, creating tassels, and intricate knitting such as lace knitting with very fine lace yarn. Exposure to so many different techniques opened my eyes to the potential to incorporate some of them in my own projects.”
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Victoria Vinten Hand Embroidery Graduate with a piece of her work.

Hand Embroidery SS3

Victoria Vinten

“I am continuing with my studies at present by working on the Skill Stage 4 Hand Embroidery. My ultimate goal is to take on commissions and maybe run a few of my own workshops as I enjoy encouraging others to try stitching. Doing this course has given me the confidence – and the knowledge – to start to take steps into achieving this.”
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