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Patchwork & Quilting
Skill Stage 3
Course Overview

Intermediate Patchwork and Quilting course

Enhance your Patchwork and Quilting skills with our Skill Stage 3 Patchwork and Quilting course. Throughout this in-depth distance learning course you’ll get the chance to develop any existing skills, work towards developing your own personal style and creativity, as well as gaining some valuable professional practice, such as creating a CV and presentation skills.

As a comprehensive City and Guilds accredited programme there are 12 modules to complete and each one focuses on giving you a better understanding of your subject while experimenting with new techniques. Our accredited courses are recognised for their high standards of teaching, learning and assessment.

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Course Features

12 Modules

Work your way through key tasks that contribute towards completion of 12 core modules

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Intermediate Skill level

You will need some patchwork and Quilting experience! However, we will cover the basics to perfect your skills.

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Duration

Students are allowed up to 2 years to complete this course. Each modules takes roughly 6-8 weeks to complete

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Giuseppina Aleo - @aleocreates
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Deb Collins - @northumbrianquilter

Course Details

This is a distance learning course which can be studied from anywhere in the world. You will learn by working your way through our online course materials, including video content, with full support from our dedicated expert tutors. 

Throughout this intermediate Patchwork and Quilting course, you will work through written and illustrated course materials. These are supplemented with ‘how to’ videos and online galleries.

Course Modules

There are around 360 hours of course content split across 12 modules. Here’s what you’ll learn:

  • Research a chosen artist
  • Development of your own interests and style
  • Introduction to patchwork basics and using a sewing machine
  • Four and nine patchwork patterns
  • Triangles and log cabin styles
  • Introduction to rotary cutting
  • Development of a portfolio containing your own designs and ideas with colour and texture
  • Advanced techniques: Slashed & layered, Curbed Seam, Cathedral Window, and English Piecing
  • Appliqué: Reverse, Basic, Hawaiian, Stained Glass and Baltimore
  • Quilting Techniques: English, Trapunto, Shadow, Suffolk Puff, Free Machine Quilting
  • Colour your own fibres
  • Edging and finishing techniques to add a professional looking finishing to your pieces
  • Complete a final assessment pieces
  • Professional Practice: Business planning and working to commission.

Delivery & Assessment

The course is supplied as a distance learning course where course materials and tutor assessments are delivered digitally and work is returned to your tutor via digital presentation.

Your coursework will be reviewed by your tutor and periodically by an Internal Quality Assessor, to ensure the appropriate quality standard is maintained. You will be provided with written feedback in a timely fashion (usually within 10 days) and, if needed, you will be able to re-submit altered work. You can contact your tutor at any time to request your work to date be reviewed and suggestions for future progress be made.

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Course Timescales

There is around 360 hours of course content/materials and it is usual for students to take between 6-8 weeks to complete each module. Students can take up to 2 years to complete the course, which allows students to work at their own pace. However, it is up to the individual student how quickly they wish to return work to their tutor for assessment.

A six-month contingency is available, if needed, to cover unforeseen issues such as illness, upon production of supporting documentation, which would therefore extend the course life to 30 months (2.5 years). The maximum for this extra contingency time is once during the course lifetime.

Aimed At

Our Skill Stage 3 accredited courses are aimed at students with some knowledge of Patchwork and Quilting. If you’re regularly completing projects using commercial patterns or kits and you have a fair, though not extensive understanding of different techniques, we’d categorise you as having more experience than a beginner.

If you’ve had an interest in Patchwork for a while, attended a workshop or course and regularly read around your craft (magazines, books, articles) then you’re probably ready to take this more advanced courses. This is because our Skill Stage three courses are in-depth courses that require you to research, read and study your subject. We will obviously support you with tasks but some students may find this difficult without previous knowledge and experience of more formal education.

Our skill Stage 3 courses are also great for those with a business ambition. This intermediate Patchwork and Quilting course includes an entire module called professional practice, which is aimed at getting you business ready. We teach valuable industry skills to really give you that professional, competitive edge.

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Fiona McGilvray Patchwork and Quilting Gradate

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Fiona McGilvray

“You will learn more than you imagine possible before starting and surprise yourself and get great pleasure from what you will be able to create by the end of your course. The confidence it builds, will also give you the courage to try your hand at other crafts you might not previously have attempted.”
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Student feedback from Patchwork and Quilting Skill Stage 3 graduate, Saba Asim

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Saba Asim

“I learned to be able to work independently, manage my time better, and translate my ideas into actual tangible pieces. Help is always at hand, from SST and from your tutor. And the Facebook community group is extremely helpful.”
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Giuseppina Aleo patchwork graduate with her work

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Giuseppina Aleo

“This course was the ultimate turning point for me in which my confidence, skills and self-expression moved to the next level. It doesn’t end there either as I am transferring these acquired skills into creating my new quilting business. It’s quite surreal that what once was a dream, is now taking shape!”
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Deborah Collins grad story, Patchwork and Quilting

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Deborah Collins

“Developing an effective approach to design, development and execution without compromising on artistic inspiration. We can plan, organise, record and develop our work but still play and enjoy the process.”
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Student testimonial by samanatha Neeve

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Samantha Neeve

“Studying for the qualification gave me confidence to try new techniques such as dyeing fabrics. It was useful producing small fabric samples which I could then practice free motion quilting on without the worry of ruining a large quilt. It was useful to be able to tackle the modules knowing that I had a tutor on hand to help and I was able to view past students work.”
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We only open enrolment to new students every 3-4 months and places are limited.  

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