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The Textiles Skills Centre brings together experienced educationalists and experts to develop and deliver relevant online and face to face courses, seminars, practical workshops and resources for Art and D&T Textile Teachers, to support them and their delivery of the curriculum.

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We offer a range of online and face to face courses, workshops and events for all abilities.

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Eco Printing in the Classroom

Eco Printing in the Classroom

7 Sep, 2021

Teaching eco practices in the classroom

St. George’s Arts Week

St. George’s Arts Week

22 Aug, 2021

Art Textiles workshop lead by Nicky Simpson, at St. George’s Hospital first Arts week

Feedback From The Classroom

Feedback From The Classroom

24 May, 2021

Classroom feedback on the free teacher resource: Careers in the Fashion & Textiles industry.

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Still places left for our Fashion Outcomes course

Still places left for our Fashion Outcomes course in Taunton this Saturday
#course #fashionoutcomes #outcomes #garments #fashionillustration #patterns #blocks #toiles #textileteachers #textiles #fashionandtextiles

A great day with teachers in Milton Keynes doing o

A great day with teachers in Milton Keynes doing our Fashion Outcomes course, next one in Taunton. See website

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CPD OPPORTUNITY: we have a course in Taunton next

CPD OPPORTUNITY: we have a course in Taunton next week 27th Nov. Saturdays so no cover required. Fashion Outcomes. For Textile, D&T & Art teachers.See website for details

#cpd #courses #textiles #fashion outcomes #fashion #workshops #studentfriendlypatterns #textileworkshops

•Embroidered Dress• An artist has said her dr

•Embroidered Dress•

An artist has said her dress embroidery project has globally connected women from different cultures.
Kirstie Macleod from Somerset started The Red Dress project to help marginalised women tell their stories through embroidery.
More than 240 people took part and embroidered an image onto the dress that represents themselves and their culture.
It has taken almost 12 years to complete.
Embroiderer Blanka Kolkova, from the Czech Republic, said: " When I first saw the project I thought it was pure sisterhood."
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Read the full article and watch the video here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-somerset-59181514
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CPD for Textiles, D&T & Art Teachers. Face to Face

CPD for Textiles, D&T & Art Teachers.
Face to Face workshops in Milton Keynes and Taunton this term.
Get more info: https://www.textilesskillsacademy.co.uk/teachers-events/

Getting ready for the next exciting F2F course, *F

Getting ready for the next exciting F2F course, *Fashion Outcomes*. Places left for Milton Keynes 20th Nov, Taunton 27th Nov. Book on our website!

#courses #textileteachers #textilecourses #cpd #fashionoutcomes #fashioncourses #teaching

F2F CPD OPPORTUNITY/COURSES (Saturdays so no cover

F2F CPD OPPORTUNITY/COURSES (Saturdays so no cover required) Places available this Autumn at Milton Keynes Sat 20th November & Taunton Sat 27th November. Go to our website **FASHION OUTCOMES **Discover how your GCSE students can design and make innovative garments that can be easily and independently assembled and link to their theme, artists & techniques. This is an exciting totally practical day making your own set of patterns and toiles. Also looking at fashion illustration, fashion designers for inspiration, how to adapt the patterns, add techniques to the toiles, the sustained focus, lots of exemplar outcomes, schemes of work and much more. You will receive your own set of 7 patterns that can adapt to 18 different garments. #fashion #fashiondesign
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#textileteachers #textilecourses #cpd #toiles #fashionpatterns

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