Category: Courses

Providing news and information about our range of online textiles craft courses through our blog. As the largest distance learning centre in the UK offering accredited, distance learning courses we specialise in Textile education. We therefore offer the largest range of online textile craft courses and regularly release information about available bursaries, new courses and latest course developments.

Master Practitioner Courses with SST

We are often asked about what our Master Practitioner courses cover, who they are suited for and how to apply for them.

Welcome to our new Creative Classroom

For several months now we have been busily constructing a new set of online courses. After a lot of course writing, filming, editing, delivering, testing and tweaking we are extremely pleased to announce the release of our first two courses. Designed for complete beginners these courses are taught completely online

What Goes into Developing a City & Guilds Accredited Course?

As Head of Centre, I’m often asked about exactly what goes into developing, creating and running a City & Guilds accredited distance learning course, so I thought I’d like to share details of the process with you. In fact, much, much more goes into producing a home study course than

Research artists and designers a guide by the School of Stitched Textiles

Researching Artists and Designers for Your Textiles Course

When our new students start their new course one of their tasks will be to begin researching artists and designers that inspire them. There are a number of reasons we get students to do this – which we’ll cover shortly – and for many it can be a daunting task.

Knitting and Crochet by our new tutor Sally Hart

Knitting and Crochet Tutor Joins the Tutorial Team

Hello Stitchers, We are absolutely thrilled to introduce the newest member of our tutorial gang here at the School of Stitched Textiles. Sally Hart has joined us as our new Knitting and Crochet tutor and will be teaching and assessing our accredited courses (levels 2-4). We’re delighted to welcome her

A Guide to choosing the right City and Guilds Skill Stage

A Guide to Choosing the Right City & Guilds Accredited Craft Course

Are you still trying to decide which level to study at? As the UKs largest distance learning centre specialising in home-study textile craft courses we know that making a decision about which course to study can be a little overwhelming. To help you with your decision we’ve created a guide to choosing

Textile Art Craft Courses, work made our our students.

What are the true benefits of choosing an accredited craft course?

Originally published in 2017 and updated February 2026 We’ve previously discussed how popular TV shows like the Great British Sewing Bee have inspired the nation to embrace crafting; with over 1 million people taking up sewing in the last 3 years. Social media sites like YouTube and Intagram have made it easier for us