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GCSE Art & Design- Textiles
Year 9 in particular took
to their first construction
project with great
enthusiasm and growing
confidence. The project
asked the students to
design their own
waistcoat, which had to
be adapted from a
standard block template.
The skills that they
needed to include were
basic plain seams, darts
to add shape and fit to
their garment and a
component or fastening.
Some students even
went a step further by
adapting the size and
KS3 Textiles Technology
Well done to all the
Year 7 and Year 8
students who have
been working hard
towards the completion
of their ‘design and
make’ tasks in their
Textiles module this
term.
Year 7 have been
creating their hand
puppets using hand stitches, they have all
been taught some basic skills such as how to
weave and how to sew on a button.
Year 8 students
have been inspired
by the festival “day
of the dead” for
their fantastic
cushion designs.
The cushions
included fabric
painted designs
using
thermochromic
paints that change
colour when heat is applied and dyeing
techniques such as Tie-dye. This was also the
first opportunity for some of our students to
learn how to operate the sewing machines.