Creative Textiles - Kirkby-in-Ashfield Library and Learning Centre - Adult Learning

About this course

Creative Textiles is a relaxed beginner-friendly course where you will explore different ways of working with fabric, fibre, thread and embellishment. Each week you will create small textile samples using techniques such as simple knotting, weaving, stitching, beading and fabric decoration, which can be mounted, kept as samples or combined into a small decorative panel.

During the course, you will experiment with a range of creative textile techniques such as knotting, weaving and fabric embellishment to create small creative samplers. You will explore colour, texture, pattern and surface decoration using materials such as yarn, fabric scraps, threads, beads, buttons and recycled textiles.

These can be joined together, mounted, or kept as a reference for future creative work. The focus will be on experimenting, building confidence. You are encouraged to use your existing craft and textiles and combine them with new found techniques.

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

• Create a small collection of textile samples using fabric, fibre, thread and embellishments.

• Use simple knotting, weaving or wrapping techniques to create texture.

• Apply basic hand stitching, beading or fabric embellishment to decorate a textile sample.

• Combine colour, pattern and texture to develop a personal textile square or sample.

• Arrange or present textile samples by mounting, joining or displaying them in a simple way.

• Share your work with others and identify at least one technique you would like to use again or develop further.

Booking your place and fee information

Funding and Fees

If you receive certain benefits, you may be able to take the course for free.
If money is stopping you from enrolling, please visit our funding page to see what help is available.

Living in England

To book and join one of our courses, you must live in England permanently and either:

• Live inside the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) area (Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire)

or

• Live outside the devolved areas listed below

You cannot enrol if you live in these devolved areas:

•    Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)
•    Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

• Greater London Authority
•    North East Combined Authority
•    South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
•    Tees Valley Combined Authority
•    West Midlands Combined Authority
•    West of England Combined Authority
•    West Yorkshire Combined Authority
•    Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority
•    York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority
•    Hull and East Yorkshire
•    Greater Lincolnshire
•    Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority
•    Cornwall Council
•    Lancashire Combined County Authority
•    Buckinghamshire

• Warwickshire

• Surrey

Residency Requirements (Additional Information)

If you live in the UK on a visa, we’ll need evidence of your visa to confirm funding. You can upload this when applying, and you’ll need to complete a short questionnaire.

Some exceptions include:

• Your visa must last until after your course ends.

• Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for at least 6 months while their claim is being processed.

• You are supported by your local authority under Section 23C or 23CA of the Children Act 1989, or under the Care Act 2014.

Anyone who does not meet the funding criteria would need to pay full course fees.