Enjoy the freedom to design your own creations with this Fashion and Textile
course. Have fun working on live projects and creative assignments, developing
necessary textile skills to take you forward into the fashion
industry.
Level 3 - Advanced
Enjoy the freedom to design your own creations with this Fashion and Textile
course. Have fun working on live projects and creative assignments, developing
necessary textile skills to take you forward into the fashion
industry.
Opportunities exist for you to work within the field of environmental and
sustainability for the fashion and textile industry, trends and predictions,
surface pattern and textile design for fashion, fashion design, creative
direction, fashion styling and promotion, pattern cutting, fashion illustration,
tailoring, accessories, and theatrical costume. You will develop a professional
portfolio of work to help you to successfully gain employment as a junior
designer or to progress onto university. Awarded by UAL Awarding Body you will achieve a UAL Level 3 Diploma and
Extended Diploma in Creative Practice: Art, Design and Communication on
completion of this course.
Sutton Coldfield College
01-09-2025
Free*
Course Length: 35 Weeks
You will need 4 GCSEs at C/4 or above including English or maths. Alternatively you will need a Level 2 Diploma in a related subject at a Merit or Distinction grade. You will be asked to bring a portfolio of art and design work to interview to make sure this is the right course for you.
The course is 100% course work and you will produce work in 2D and 3D and time based media, research projects, sketchbooks, design sheets, evidence folders and photographs recording processes.
After completing your Diploma you can progress onto a Foundation Diploma, Higher Education or employment where you could work within the field of printed textiles, woven textiles, surface pattern, machine knit, fashion photography, fashion illustration, fashion design, theatrical costume, fashion promotion, trend predictions, pattern cutting and garment construction.