Patchwork Blocks - Beeston Library - Community Learning

About this course

On this course students will learn how to sew a selection of patchwork designs and how to make those up into a quilt adding sashing and bindings. They will also learn the important Health and Safety aspects of the equipment they will use along with how crucial accuracy is to a good finished piece.  

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?  

• Explain how to safely use a rotary cutter and associated tools 
• Produce samples of at least 2 different patchwork designs 
• Describe at least 2 different ways to quilt a piece of work  
• Create a sample using sashing techniques 
• Discover how to back and bind a quilted piece 

What skills or knowledge do learners already need to have to attend the course? 

• Students will need to have basic sewing skills with a sewing machine prior to the course 

You will need:

• Sewing kit including scissors and unpicker, Fabrics, wadding, threads  

 PLEASE NOTE- The final session will start at 9:30am until 1:00pm

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course  please visit our webpage for further information  https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

• Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
• Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking.  If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Greater London
• Greater Manchester
• Liverpool City Region
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
• Tees Valley
• West of England
• West Midlands
• West Yorkshire

Any questions?

Check the FAQs page, or get in touch:

• By phone: 01623 677 200
• By email: learning@inspireculture.org.uk

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