DT - textiles

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Textiles: waistcoats
 
Key skills: 
  • Designing a waistcoat in accordance with a specification and design criteria to fit a specific theme.
  • Annotating designs.
  • Using a template when pinning panels onto fabric.
  • Marking and cutting fabric accurately, in accordance with a design.
  • Sewing a strong running stitch, making small, neat stitches and following the edge.
  • Tying strong knots.
  • Decorating a waistcoat – attaching objects using thread and adding a secure fastening.
  • Learning different decorative stitches.
  • Sewing accurately with even regularity of stitches.
  • Evaluating work continually as it is created.
Key knowledge:
  • To understand that it is important to design clothing with the client/target customer in mind.
  • To know that using a template (or clothing pattern) helps to accurately mark out a design on fabric.
  • To understand the importance of consistently sized stitches.