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

Creative Textiles: Next Steps is for learners who have already completed the Creative Textiles Beginners course or already have experience in textile techniques. We will explore how fabric, fibre crafts and embellishments can be combined to create a final piece of your choosing. 

You will explore colour, texture, stitch, fabric, fibre and embellishment, beginning with a small textile tile to introduce or refresh key techniques before planning your own piece.

During the course, you will develop ideas through samples, materials and simple design planning. You may choose to create a small wall hanging, textile panel, decorative hoop, stitched collage, mounted sample or another textile piece.

The focus will be on experimenting, expanding your existing textiles skills and confidently making creative choices.

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

• Create a small textile sampler combining at least two techniques, such as stitch, layering, embellishment, knotting or weaving.

• Select a theme, colour palette or starting point for a personal textile project.

• Plan a manageable textile piece by choosing suitable materials, techniques and presentation methods.

• Develop a personal textile project using fabric, fibre, thread and/or embellishments.

• Make creative decisions and solve practical problems while developing your textile work.

• Share your finished or developing piece with others and identify at least one strength and one next step.

What to bring to the course:

• Selection of fabric – these can be small scraps and offcuts

• Yarns or macrame cords

• Any embellishments you have such as embroidery threads, ribbons beads or buttons

• Needle and thread

• Scissors

Feel free to bring and use whatever you already have, as well as recycling packaging and looking in charity shops (the £1 sale rail and broken jewellery section can be treasure troves!)

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.