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Thanks to Dundee Evening Telegraph for featuring some of the amazing learning that has taken place as part of Front Lounge's inaugural National Certificate in Creative Industries course. Well done to Amy Deans, Becky Rawlins, Samantha Hutchison and Tracy Bayliss for being the very first cohort, and thank you to Megan Mckay of Little Peril; to Nicole Doig of Dots n Stripes; to Gillian Mciver of Andie Sewing School; to Georgia McLaren of Off The Hook Studio for your amazing contributions to the course. Big thank you to Kirsteen Stewart, Yolla.Studio and Edenbank (featured in the news article) for providing live projects to work on. Another year, another milestone! Pictures by Grant R. Keelan of PPG Photography.

The first complete week of the NC in Creative Industries course at SCQF Level 6 is over! Megan Mckay of Little Peril and Nicole Doig of Dots n Stripes introduced the learners to the industrial sewing machine, design for manufacture, tech packs, and enhanced sewing techniques. All in all, it has been a good week.

In the coming week learners will do yet more sewing rudiments with Nicole Doig, and commence a deep dive into pattern construction with Gillian McIver of Andie Sewing School.

Amy Deans, Front Lounge Development Worker, Learning Centre Assessor, and member of the inaugural NC in Creative industries cohort recently posted a blog about her remarkable journey from playworker to where she is now. Truly remarkable.

From Playgroup to Learning Centre - Front Lounge In 2016, I walked into Front Lounge for the first time. I was 18, a new mum to my son Mason, and looking for a bit of fun. I’d heard they ran a playgroup called Bringing Up Baby (BUBS) and did some cool projects with young people. What I didn’t expect was to find a space that would change the co...