Next intake will be APRIL 2025. BOOKINGS NOW OPEN

The AMUSF Essential Soft Furnishings certificate is a 1 year course taught in line with the academic year. 2025/2026 in take will run on 1 Tuesday and 1 Saturday each month. You will need to attend a minimum of 22 in studio days Between April and April. We can comfortably host 4 students per day.

2025/2026 dates

Our next course will run one saturday and one tuesday each the month.

April 2025 – Saturday 26th / Tuesday 1st – First session

May 2025 – Saturday 3rd / Tuesday 27th

June 2025 – Saturday 14th/Tuesday 3rd

July 2025 – Saturday 12th/Tuesday 1st

August 2025 -SUMMER BREAK

September 2025 – Saturday 6th/Tuesday 9th

October 2025- Saturday 18th /Tuesday 7th

November 2025- Saturday 15th/Tuesday 4th

December 2025- XMAS BREAK/Tuesday 2nd

January 2026- Saturday 10th /Tuesday 20th

February 2026- Saturday 7th/Tuesday 10th

March 2026- Saturday 7th/Tuesday 24th 

April 2026- Saturday 4th Last session

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Course content

Twenty two in studio days, one online business day, 2x at home projects to complete .

You will learn how to –

Curtains

• Make a lined curtain with heading tape (sample size), 1 metre drop
• Make an interlined curtain with border and hand finished headings (1x sample size), (1 x full size pair with 1 full curtain available for assessment)
• Make an interlined curtain with triple pleats (1x sample size )
• Make an interlined curtain pleated to pattern (1x sample size )

Roman Blinds

• Make an  interlined roman blind  (1x sample size drop)
• Make an interlined roman blind with contrast mitred border (1x sample size)
• Make a full sized interlined roman blind with trim, installed on a fully complaint track, for assessment. This roman blind must be shown through photographic evidence of it correctly installed at window.

Cushions

• Make a piped bolster cushion with invisible zip and decorative detail. This could include ruching, applique, patchwork or similar.
• Make a piped cushion with concealed zip with additional decorative detail
• Make a box cushion in a striped fabric with piping and a zip.

Accessories

Make a piped tieback using stiffened hessian, with machine joined piping ends for the best quality finish.

Additions

Pattern match half drop pattern repeat and full drop pattern repeat.

ALL ASSESSMENT PIECES MUST BE COMPLETED AND AVAILABLE FOR YOUR LAST IN STUDIO DAY,

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Course costs – £2950 to include habedashery, lining and interlining for sample pieces. You will need to provide your own main fabric for sample pieces. We will discuss most appropriate compostitions beforhand.

Excludes fabric and habedashery for full size assessment pieces.

£72 student registration fee to the AMUSF, this must be paid within the first 4 weeks of commencing your course and is not included in the £2950.

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Your full sized assessment pieces must be made available for the agreed dates given at the end of the course by the external assessor.

This is a non refundable certified course. In exceptional circumstances you may be able to defer. This will be reviewed on a case by case basis. Unless exceptional circumstances which would be reviewed by the AMUSF, if you miss the assessor dates you will not pass this course and you will not be entitled to a refund or to defer. This is an incredibly popular course and does sell out. Please consider carefully whether you can commit to the full year. If you miss a course session, all aids will be provided to help you catch up and ensure you don’t miss out but it will be your responsibility to catch up in your own time or to pay for additional tuition.