AMUSF SOFT FURNISHINGS QUALIFICATIONS

The Association of Master Upholsterers and Soft Furnishers courses are based on good practical soft furnishing skills. These qualifications may lead to employment within the industry or with additional practice may lead to you starting your own small business.

During this Level 2 soft furnishings course you will study and/or produce the following:

Basic Design Skills: sketching, colour co-ordination and scale drawings
Health and Safety issues relevant to the work place
Industrial Sewing Machine Technology
Fabric Recognition and Composition
Fabric Pattern Matching and Trimmings
Estimates and Costings
Curtain Tie-Backs of varying shapes - one to be piped
A sheer curtain sample
Blinds: to include Roman, Austrian, London, Reef
A window treatment to include, as a minimum, a pair of full-length hand-made interlined curtains with a hand-stitched heading
A piped boxed cushion incorporating a zip, in striped or checked fabric
Two decorative scatter cushions – commercially viable
A simple bed valance gathered or pleated
A throw over bedspread - commercially viable
Written Project – on types of suspension systems for various shapes and styles of windows including bays, taking into account inward opening casements, allowing for window fitments and other obstacles

Once you have successfully completed Level 2 you will have the option to go onto Level 3.

Good quality training is offered by our own AMUSF Approved Training Centres. To find more details about our individual Approved Training Centres and the courses they offer Click Here.