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Hand Embroidery
Skill Stage 3
Course Overview

Intermediate Online Hand Embroidery Course

Enhance your Hand Embroidery skills with our Skill Stage 3 online hand embroidery course. This is a unique distance learning course giving you the chance to develop existing skills and previous knowledge of this popular and highly creative art form.  

If you’re interested in getting to grips with the basics, gaining an in-depth knowledge about Hand Embroidery, with valuable exposure to professional practice, such as creating a CV and presentation skills then this is the perfect course for you.

As a comprehensive City & Guilds accredited programme this course is nationally recognised for its high standards of teaching, learning and assessment.

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Course Features

12 Modules

Work your way through 12 embroidery modules, each designed to teach new skills and provide a better understanding of your subject.

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Intermediate Skill level

For embroiderers with a little more study experience. If you have never studied before, we'd suggest our Skill Stage 2 Beginner's Hand Embroidery Course.

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Duration

Students are allowed up to 2 years to complete this course. Each module takes roughly 6-8 weeks to complete

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Course Details

Work your way through 12 individual modules each designed to teach a new skill and provide a better understanding of your subject. And because our courses are taught via distance learning through online materials and videos, you’ll find it easy to fit your studies around other on-going commitments.

Course Modules

There are around 360 hours of course content and materials split across 12 modules. Here’s what you’ll learn:

  • Research a chosen artist
  • Introduction to embroidery stitches: Line, isolated and textured stitches
  • Develop your own portfolio of your own experiments and designs
  • Experiment with ideas and images
  • Counted embroidery basics: Blackwork, drawn thread, hardanger, counted cross stitch
  • Advanced stitches: Canvas Work, Goldwork Embroidery, Applique samples
  • Development of different styles: Hand Quilting, smocking, stumpwork
  • Study of colour fibres and fabrics
  • Explore different principles of line, colour and texture
  • Create your own sample folio containing traditional and contemporary techniques and embroidery samples
  • Edging and finishing techniques to add a professional looking finishing to your pieces
  • Creation of several own-designed pieces
  • Complete a final assessment piece. Choose from wither a 3D functional item, a panel/hanging/quilt or a wearable art item.

Delivery & Assessment

The course is supplied as a distance learning course where course materials and tutor assessments are delivered digitally and work is returned to your tutor via digital presentation.

Your coursework will be reviewed by your tutor and periodically by an Internal Quality Assessor, to ensure the appropriate quality standard is maintained. You will be provided with written feedback in a timely fashion (usually within 10 days) and, if needed, you will be able to re-submit altered work. You can contact your tutor at any time to request your work to date be reviewed and suggestions for future progress be made.

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Course Timescales

There is around 360 hours of online hand embroidery course content/materials and it is usual for students to take between 6-8 weeks to complete each module. Students can take up to 2 years to complete, however it is up to the individual student how quickly they wish to return work to their tutor for assessment.

A six-month contingency is available, to cover unforeseen issues such as illness, upon production of supporting documentation,  extending the course life to 30 months (2.5 years). The maximum for this extra contingency time is once during the course lifetime.

Aimed At

This course is aimed at crafters with a bit more embroidery experience.  If you’re regularly completing hand embroidery projects using commercial patterns or kits and you have a fair, though not extensive understanding of different stitch techniques, we’d categorise you as having more experience than a beginner.

If you’ve been interested in embroidery for a while, attended a workshop or course and regularly read around your craft (magazines, books, articles) then you’re probably ready to take these more advanced courses. The reason we say this is because our Skill Stage three courses are in-depth courses that require you to research, read and study your subject. We will obviously support you with tasks but some students may find this difficult without previous knowledge and experience of more formal education.

Our skill Stage 3 courses are also great for those with a business ambition. Our course includes an entire module called professional practise, which is aimed at getting you business ready. We teach valuable industry skills to really give you that professional, competitive edge.

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Louise Kidd

“I knew that to truly succeed, I needed to step up my game. I struggled with self-confidence and knew I had to push myself beyond my comfort zone by experimenting with different threads, techniques, and even colour schemes. The course’s built-in flexibility enabled me to challenge myself from the very beginning.”
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Embroidery graduate story by Maia O'Neill

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Maia O'Neill

“The thing I appreciated most was how the modules pushed me into learning types of embroidery I’d been too intimidated to try: Drawn thread! Goldwork!! I was surprised to discover a new favourite in hardanger. It’s so satisfying and meditative to work. I based one of my final projects on it – a sampler of Quaker quotes for my beloved grandma, Edna.”
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Hand Embroidery graduate Colleen Pearson with her Drag Necklace final assessment piece

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Colleen Pearson

“I’ve learned that with perseverance I can achieve. Being successful in something you have found difficult is all the more rewarding. Producing my own designs was also new to me and I feel much more confident about design now.”
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Hand Embroidery Graduate Teresa Miller

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Teresa Miller

“As someone who loves studying and has been described by friends as ‘a perpetual student’, I was drawn to the accredited courses as it would give me a qualification at the end which might enable me to generate an income from something I love doing.”
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Victoria Vinten Hand Embroidery Graduate with a piece of her work.

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Victoria Vinten

“I am continuing with my studies at present by working on the Skill Stage 4 Hand Embroidery. My ultimate goal is to take on commissions and maybe run a few of my own workshops as I enjoy encouraging others to try stitching. Doing this course has given me the confidence – and the knowledge – to start to take steps into achieving this.”
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Jo Edwards-Goodman Intermediate hand Embroidery graduate (Skill Stage 3)

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Jo Edwards-Goodman

“The most helpful thing I have learnt from this course is to trust my design instinct, give myself time to organise my thoughts, to think about colour, texture and technique. I also learnt to love my creative process and playing with ideas until I feel I’m on the right track.”
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Sara Lambert hand embroidery graduate with a sample of her work

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Sara Lambert

“I hadn’t appreciated that the course would help me think so much about how to market my work. Although I’m still working on developing my ideas and my work, it’s an area that I now feel much more confident about taking forward.”
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Heather Bielby intermediate hand embroidery course graduate

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Heather Bielby

“Apart from the different technical hand embroidery skills, I’ve learned to be resilient, determined and have gained confidence in myself and my creative abilities. Before the course I was always nervous and apprehensive of showing my pieces in case of negative or even worse indifferent feedback. Now I am very proud of what I produce and my design style. It’s one of the most satisfying and rewarding things I’ve ever done for myself.”
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Steph Yates, Hand Embroidery skill Stage 3 Graduate

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Steph Yates

“Having to carry out research and then experiment with designing samples and items has been fantastic and I really feel I now have the confidence to develop an idea from an initial concept to a final piece. I have really enjoyed a number of techniques I might never have tried otherwise; blackwork and goldwork are definitely things I will revisit.”
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Claire Harvey hand embroidery course graduate

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Claire Harvey

“I would definitely recommend the course to anyone who is considering it. You will learn so much by trying out techniques you would not have otherwise tried. The course materials are easy to follow and you have a helpful tutor to guide you throughout the course. There’s also Facebook groups to keep in touch with other students who started at the same time. You will find your work developing in ways you never would have expected. My best piece of advice would be go for it, and enjoy, you won’t regret it.”
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Hand Embroidery Skill Stage 2

Level: Beginner
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Hand Embroidery Skill Stage 4

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Embroidery Master Practitioner 

Level: Advanced
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Stumpwork Skill Stage 2

Level: Beginner
Length: 1 year

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Level: Intermediate
Length: 1-2 years

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Level: Intermediate
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