Sewing - Clothesmaking - Beginners and Improvers - Online Live

About the Tutor: Katherine Howard

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This course will be delivered online. You will join the class from home and be able to exchange and interact with other learners as you would in the classroom (speaking and listening). This measure is dictated by circumstances and the course will be delivered back in the classroom as soon as possible.

Craft courses provide an opportunity for students to learn and develop skills, techniques and understand how to design for a chosen craft to a higher level. Students will also be expected to research and respond to the design aspects of craft. Tutors will use a variety of teaching methods including demonstration, instructions, one-to-one tutorial guidance via online breakout rooms, group discussions and critiques.
Students will be encouraged to look at the work of other craftspeople and artists, both contemporary and historical and keep a sketchbook/notebook to record goals/ ideas, processes and progress. Students will need to participate fully to get the most out of the course.

Initial assessment will be carried out at the beginning of the course to assess individual skill level. Each students starting point will be recorded on an Individual Learning Plan (ILP) and targets will be set. This will be revisited from time to time during the course to monitor and record progress. Tutors will give verbal feedback.

A well-equipped sewing kit to include large and small scissors, hand and machine needles, seam ripper, tape measure, pins, threads. Paper scissors, greaseproof paper and masking tape, ruler, notebook, pencil and eraser. As the course progresses, you will need to buy paper patterns, fabric and haberdashery. The tutor will call all students before the course is due to start with a list of necessary items.

If you have a sewing machine you can bring this with you to the sessions. If you are a new beginner we advise speaking to the tutor in the first week before buying a sewing machine.

Further sewing/clothemaking courses. The tutor will advise.

No prior knowledge required.
This sewing course is for beginners and Improvers
It is important to note that craft courses are practical, requiring a degree of manual dexterity.

You can access the class from your computer equipped with a camera and a microphone, from a laptop (where the camera and microphone should be built-in), a tablet or a smartphone. Before each lesson, the tutor may send you by email essential lesson information/handouts for you to consult in advance, and before the class starts, the tutor will have sent you by email an invitation to join, which will be a simple weblink to click. The system is free and easy to use. Should you have questions about the required equipment, please do not hesitate to contact us by telephone or by email. Instructions are also available on our website www.kentadulteducation.co.uk.