Working with Textiles

To introduce textiles, we wrapped a sweet potato.  Textiles are sheet materials, that are flexible, so pattern cutting is the mathematics or geometry of going from 3D to 2D to 3D, making a template/net.  We had a quick loo at the textiles competencies too.

Our making project is going to be a tie-dyed waistcoat.  We made a paper sketch model, shaped it on the body, and transferred it to a final pattern with seam allowance, marking up etc.

I am a child who grew up using cm but I have always worked in inches when making garments, so for me there is a question to consider about units in relation to the “real world” - do we teach the children to use cm or inches?

We finished the day tie dying the fabric for our waistcoats using indigo and various tying methods to produce different patterns.