City & Guilds
Qualifications
CITY & GUILDS COURSE DETAILS
You can find all of the relevant City & Guilds course documentation here, in addition to our Moodle site.
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These documents and handbooks cover all levels from beginner to advanced and include the following diplomas and certificates. Just click on a category to find out more information:
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Please note: all courses contain the generic 'Design for Craft: Unit 1'. Details of this and all other units are provided in the PDF documents below, in the relevant sections.
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As part of our service, we offer you the unique opportunity to customize our courses according to your own needs and objectives. Whether you plan to create dresses, trousers, tops, lingerie - anything you want - we will tailor your course to you!
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City & Guilds Certificate in Fashion:
UNIT 104 - SEWING MACHINE SKILLS
This unit offers a development of practical sewing skills in a broad range:
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* Safe use of tools, equipment and materials
* Functions, controls and features of different types
of sewing machines
* Producing a variety of samples using a sewing machine
* Selection of needles, fabrics and threads
* Practical and decorative stitches
* Accessorising
* A range of sewing machine and hand sewing skills
* Different techniques including: patchwork quilting,
piping around a corner, zip insertion, buttonholes, twin
needles, embroidery, parallel stitching and many more.
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City & Guilds Diploma:
CRAFT SKILLS for CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
The beginner, intermediate and advanced qualifications offer a development of skills, progressing through:
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* Techniques, materials, tools, and equipment
* Safe working practices
* Craft-making process
* Time management
* Design process
* Craft sector
* Plus other optional units, promoting professional craft-related business skills
City & Guilds Certificate in Design and Craft:
TEXTILES
This certificate offers a development of skills, progressing through:
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* Sampling techniques
* Textile decoration
* Hand embroidery
* Machine embroidery
* Patchwork quilting
* Hand-knitting
* Felt making
* Sewing machine skills
* Appliqué skills
* 3-D Felting, quilting, and machine embroidery
City & Guilds Certificate in Design and Craft:
FASHION WEAR
* Colour properties and mixing techniques
* Colour association, symbolism and experiments
* Creating manmade and natural textures
* Mark making and developing lines
* Exploring shape and form
* Pattern making, marking and cutting
* Fabrics and haberdashery
* Decorative techniques
* Tacking, fitting and adjusting
* Making up, pressing and neatening
* Fabric and haberdashery characteristics
City & Guilds Certificate in Design and Craft:
PATTERN CUTTING
This certificate offers a development of skills, progressing through:
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* Design principles
* Understanding and using colour
* Line and mark making
* Shape and form
* Surface textures
* Body measurements and tools
* Scale drawings
* Darts and fullness disposal
* Seams and style lines
* Adapting blocks
* Collars, cuffs, pockets, etc
* Design sketches and drawings
* Marking up patterns
City & Guilds Certificate in Design and Craft:
THEATRE COSTUME
This certificate offers a development of skills, progressing through:
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* Design principles
* Understanding and using colour
* Line and mark making
* Shape and form
* Theatre themes and history
* Figure drawing
* Body measurement
* Develop design ideas
* Fibres and fabrics
* Fabric care
* Safe use of tools and equipment
* Using media and equipment for unique effects
* Garment construction: inc seams, zips, fastenings,
hooks and bars, fullness, darts, gathers and
pleats etc
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City & Guilds Certificate in Design and Craft:
TAILORING
This certificate offers a development of skills, progressing through:
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* Design principles
* Understanding and using colour
* Line and mark making
* Shape and form
* Surface textures
* Body measurements and tools
* Fabrics characteristics
* Linings, interfacing, and haberdashery
* Safe use of tools and equipment
* Pattern styles for a range of figure shapes
* Adjusting patterns
* Prepare and handle fabrics
* Pressing
* Finishing garments
* Sampling
City & Guilds Certificate in Design and Craft:
CORSETRY
This certificate offers a development of skills, progressing through:
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* Design principles
* Understanding and using colour
* Line and mark making * Shape and form
* Theatre themes and history * Figure drawing
* Body measurement
* Develop design ideas for comfort and style
* Handling fabrics * Adjusting patterns
* Garment finishing and care
* Sampling
City & Guilds Certificate in Design and Craft:
MILLINERY
This certificate offers a development of skills, progressing through:
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* Design principles
* Understanding and using colour
* Line and mark making * Shape and form
* Surface textures * Head measurement
* Blocking, pressing and stiffening
* Millinery materials and fabrics
* Using tools and equipment
* Wires and ribbons
* Hat styles for range of head shapes
* Making a range of hats in different materials
* Adjusting patterns * Interline hats
* Reducing and enlarging hats * Storing hats
* Sampling
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