On completion of this course students will be awarded an Accredited Certificate. 

Victoria Hammond Collective are award winning Interior Design and Soft Furnishing Specialists, established 2001. Our Academy offers accredited training courses face to face and online. We are registered with UKRLP as a Learning Provider and also an approved member of other reputable organisations, including the Association of Master Upholsterers & Soft Furnishers.

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COURSE PROGRAMME

ONSITE Course THREE – Professional Curtain Making & Soft Furnishings

On completion of this course students will be fully trained in the design and making of window dressings and soft furnishings. Having attended Course ONE, TWO & THREE and Making of Cushions, students are then awarded a ‘DIPLOMA in Professional Curtain Making & Soft Furnishings’.

Day One

Wave Curtain

• Silent Gliss will provide an onsite technical seminar on their wave system, so students have a full understanding on the system’s components and how it operates. The wave curtain has become increasingly popular; it’s a neat and very stylish window dressing.
• Students will make a sample ‘wave’ curtain in sheer (voile) fabric, that can be fitted to the Silent Gliss system.
• Sheer curtains are traditionally used behind heavy curtains to provide privacy while letting in some light. Nowadays interior designers will specify sheers as the main fabric, when curtains are not required to provide insulation or block light. There are some stunning sheer fabrics, which create a delightful, airy effect to a window area.

Day Two

Bed Dressings

• Discussion on how to approach the design of the bedroom, where the window and bed dressings compliment each other.
• Students will make a lined bed valance sample with kick pleats.
• Discussion on bed covers, bed runners and other bed dressings supported by full instructions on how to make up.

Day Three & Day Four (1.5 days)

Swags & Tails

• This historical and traditional window dressing is back in fashion, and can make a beautiful statement to a window using modern fabrics and trimmings. Discussion on swags and tails; various designs that can be applied, proportions, construction and fixings.
• Students will learn how to create and construct their own perfect swag template, and go on to make a contrast piped interlined swag.
• Students will learn how to create and construct their own perfect tail template, pattern matching to their swag sample, and go on to make a contrast lined and piped, interlined tail.

Day Four & Five (1.5 days)

Arched Windows & Italian Stringing

• Discussion on the complex arched windows and dormer windows that are shaped into a triangle.
• Students will template an irregular shaped arched window and explode the template.
• Students will go onto make a sample interlined single arch shaped curtain with a Goblet pleat heading.