Textiles
Year 3 - DT- Summer 1 & 2
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Core Learning
Core Learning
Design and make a cushion
Design
•Designing and making a template from an existing cushion and applying individual design criteria.
Make
• Following design criteria to create a cushion
• Selecting and cutting fabrics with ease using fabric scissors.
• Threading needles with greater independence.
• Tying knots with greater independence.
• Sewing cross stitch to join fabric.
• Decorating fabric using appliqué.
• Completing design ideas with stuffing and sewing the edges
Evaluate
• Evaluating an end product and thinking of other ways in which to create similar items.
Technical Knowledge
• To know that applique is a way of mending or decorating a textile by applying smaller pieces of fabric to larger pieces.
•To know that when two edges of fabric have been joined together it is called a seam.
•To know that it is important to leave space on the fabric for the seam.
•To understand that some products are turned inside out after sewing so the stitching is hidden.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Appliqué
Cross-stitch
Design
Equipment
Fabric
Patch
Running stitch
Thread
Seam
Texture
Knot
What came before?
What came before?
In Year 2, the children used running stitch when designing and creating pouches.
What comes after?
What comes after?
In the following years, children will use their design, make and evaluate skills in other areas such as Electrical Systems and Digital World.
Useful Resources
Useful Resources
Y3 Textiles- Cushions.pdfPage updated
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