Quilting - Beginners

About the Tutor: Victoria Sluka

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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, 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. It is important to note that craft courses are practical, requiring a degree of manual dexterity. Students will need to participate fully to get the most out of the course.



Our courses are taught by qualified and experienced tutors most of whom are practising craftspeople.

For your first lesson you will need to bring -

- Coloured pencils
- A4 folder for notes and handouts

You will need the following items later in the course, but please do NOT purchase them until after you have met with the tutor and discussed them in Week 1.

- 4 different fat quarters of quilting cotton for the quilt front
- 1 fat quarter of quilting cotton for the binding
- 0.5 meters OR two matching fat quarters of quilting cotton for the back of the quilt
- 250m cotton or polyester machine thread for assembly
- 250m cotton or polyester machine thread for quilting
- A basic sewing kit including pins, embroidery scissors, hand-sewing needles, and a thimble
- Sewing machine including leads, foot pedal and manual (we have some machines available at the centre if you do not have one)

During your course, your tutor will offer guidance in your personal progression route.
Courses are designed to progress students to higher levels of the Art. In addition, our courses support application to "Access to Degree Foundation courses" leading to Higher Education opportunities.
Kent Adult Education web site offers many courses for students wishing to develop a self-employed business. Please speak with your tutor if you have an interest in self-employment or an interest in developing career options in this chosen path.

For more information please go to www.kentadulteducation.co.uk

This course is for those new to quilting. If you are a complete beginner at machine sewing too, you will be given a basic machine introduction, so please come along!