Soft Furnishing Beginners

This level is for students with no or very little previous experience of Soft Furnishings. This course will include a variety of techniques e.g. basic sewing machine use, hand sewing, piping, seams, different types of fastenings, gathers, box pleats, mitres, measuring, calculating and cutting fabrics. In addition students will use a selection of techniques learned to produce a cushion cover and a sample curtain.

Course content:

• Basic sewing machine use
• Hand sewing
• Piping
• Seams
• Different types of fastenings
• Gathers
• Box pleats
• Mitres
• Measuring
• Calculating and cutting fabrics
• Using a selection of techniques to produce a cushion cover and a sample curtain.

For this course you will need to provide all of your own fabrics, and will need a basic sewing kit of tape measure, scissors, thread, pins and needles.

You must be aged 19 or over.

Enrolment in Person only.

Brixton Centre: 

56 Brixton Hill
London 
SW2 1QS

Enrolment Times

Monday - Friday 10am - 3pm

Tuesday & Thursday 5pm - 7pm