Lesson overview:How can textiles become more sustainable?
- work confidently within a range of contexts, such as the home, school, leisure, culture, enterprise, industry and the wider environment
- carry out research, using interviews and questionnaires
- consider the views of others, including intended users, to improve their work
- work confidently within a range of contexts, such as the home, school, leisure, culture, enterprise, industry and the wider environment
- carry out research, using interviews and questionnaires
- consider the views of others, including intended users, to improve their work
Experience of basic stitching, joining textiles and finishing techniques.
Experience of making and using simple pattern pieces.
Seam, seam allowance, wadding, reinforce, right side, wrong side, hem, template, pattern pieces, design criteria, annotate, design decisions, functionality, innovation, authentic, user, purpose, evaluate, mock-up, prototype, aesthetics, function, constraints
Equipment Required
Existing textile products for investigation and deconstruction, selection of fabrics, pins, needles, thread, measuring tape
Content guidance
Equipment requiring safe usage.
Supervision Level
Adult supervision recommended.
Textiles: combining different fabric shapes:
- What are the properties of different fabrics?
- What are modern and smart textile materials?
- How can textiles become more sustainable?
- What are the different types of stitches used in textiles?
- What makes an effective range of initial design ideas?
- How do we develop our design ideas?
- How to use the tools and equipment to mark our phone holder accurately
- What stitch will be most suitable to join our pieces of fabric together?
- How can we correctly apply a finish to our phone holder?
- Why is it important to evaluate your finished product?