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Uk Detailing Academy

uk detailing academy

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Cirencester

UK Detailing Academy is the result of a collective vision from a group of detailing industry veterans, to provide meticulous and structured detailing training to an unregulated industry. Boasting a broad and varied combined experience in the detailing and care care market, we are leading the way in structured and effective automotive care training. We constantly update our course offerings as new technology and methods come to market, boasting some of the world’s largest brands as suppliers and supporters, promoting the highest standards and the best possible learning experience for all attendees.                                               OUR MISSION Since 2016 we have aimed to eliminate the issues we commonly see with detailing instruction, such as product bias, self-serving promotion, and “have a go” detailer-come-trainers. Courses are designed from the ground up to give you all the information and skills you need to grow and excel in your career, using the latest techniques, chemical knowledge, and equipment. We focus not only on the practical skills, but also on understanding the theory that underpins those skills, enabling our graduates to self-assess issues and challenges which may arise, and solve them in a logical and informed manner. We also offer a range of business and marketing courses that complement the technical foundation, and are crucial for the commercial success of a car care operation from social media, to business management seminars.                                                              OUR GOALS Our main aims are: * To enhance a career in detailing as a recognised career path for school and college leavers. * Unify standards across the industry with the goal of a nationally recognised detailing qualification framework. * Provide a clearly identifiable badge of quality the public can use to identify those who truly excel at their career.

Green Man Quilts

green man quilts

It had been strongly suggested at school that I didn’t continue with the sewing classes, after I cut my skirt along the fold line of the pattern, made a pigs ear of the french seams in the nightie and did who knows what damage to the domestic science apron (all we had to do was hem it and chain stitch our initials!). Those were the 3 projects for that year! Dismal! But I went home, told Auntie Mary about it and in a weekend she taught me more than I had learnt in the whole year. And inspired me to create things of beauty! I entered – and got first prize in the dressmaking competition at school the next year! My initial interest in quilts came from the Laura Ashley patchwork packs from the 1970s and 80s. Laura Ashley fed my passion for colour by selling me various bags of fabric – off-cuts, pre-cut hexagons – the lot, and with these I started my journey into quilt making. As a primary school teacher in the 80s I ran quilting clubs and worked with the children to create items for school fetes and the like. At this time I was a teacher member of the Quilters’ Guild and supported the Young Quilters team with a variety of workshops. I am no longer involved with Young Quilters though I have maintained my involvement with the Guild, serving as Festival of Quilts Officer from 2016 until 2021 and as a Trustee from 2021. I began to make quilts seriously in 1995 after I first attended a workshop taught by Judith Wilson in St Albans. Following this super introduction, I attended a number of courses taught by Judith over the next few years. I then successfully completed the City & Guilds Certificate in Craft and Design (Patchwork & Quilting) at Missenden Abbey taught by Barbara Weeks and, after a few years break, the City & Guilds Diploma in Craft and Design (Patchwork & Quilting) at Missenden Abbey taught by Janice Gunner. I have been influenced by the quilts exhibited at The American Museum, Bath and the V&A; and by many different quilters, a few of whom are referenced in my blog. My inspiration comes from the natural world, folk traditions, story and music and I am particularly drawn to Modern and Improv quilting. This adventure in craft and design, through quiltmaking, has led both directly and indirectly to some of the pieces on this website…. take a peek!