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What our
students say

I studied Nat 4 Fashion and Textiles with the college as part of
the school college partnership.
I had a spell away and then returned to study this course. I love how
hands-on this course is and I have learnt a lot. Don’t let the word
“fashion” scare you off. You don’t have to religiously watch fashion
shows and own every issue of Vogue to enjoy this course! The most
important thing for me has been learning the ins and outs of pattern
making and sewing, but also the social aspect of meeting new people.
I would absolutely recommend this course to anyone. I’m going on to
study HND in Fashion Technology at Glasgow Clyde College.

Theo Thomson. NC Fashion and Design

I’ve had quite a journey with college!
I started with NC Fashion and Design. I had always
wanted to learn how to sew. We covered all the basic
skills and I did learn to sew but I also learned about textiles
and how to draw and create a block pattern. This is a massive
skill – the more you do it the easier it becomes, and you really
understand how a garment is made and what is possible.
After that year, I returned one day a week to work on Advanced
Textiles and in 2019, I joined HNC Textiles. I loved this course.
We developed our skills with new techniques in sewing and in
textile creation from dyeing, pleating and decoration.
I am now doing mixed media and painting art classes and
this makes me realise how all these art forms are tied
together. So much of fashion and textile design starts with drawing and the use of colour. I
have been exploring and finding my style which is abstract.
I have found my place and I’ll play with ink and watercolour and in the end I will bring in
textiles with hand stitching and decoration. I have taken something from each course I have
done. It’s brilliant.

Gintare Alexander. NC/HNC Textiles

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