TRAVEL REPAIR KIT
YEAR 7 SECOND TEXTILES PROJECT - 7 – 8 hours
Many people have to repair clothes quickly when they are not
at home. Design and make a make a sewing repair kit that could
easily be carried around. Design the pattern to go on your fabric.
Focussed practical tasks
- Transferring designs onto fabric using wax crayons.
- Using a sewing machine.
- Driving test for sewing:
- Straight lines
- Corners
- Threading a machine
Skills
- Drawing skills – 2D
- Colour rendering
- Measuring
- Marking out
- Glueing
- ICT skills
- Choosing the correct tools
- Using scissors correctly
- Using an iron
- Using equipment safely and efficiently
- Using a sewing machine.
SENS
- Use templates for marking out
Processes
- Drawing
- Use of CAD
- Structures
- of fabrics
- product
- Marking out
- Cutting out
- Combining Materials
- Assembling
- Machining
- Heat treatment
- Finishing
- Evaluating
Materials / Tools
- Polyester cotton
- Vilene
- Elastic
- Greaseproof paper
- Wax fabric crayons
- Fabric pens
- Computer
- Plotter
- Iron and ironing board
- Sewing machine
- Needles
- Tacking / Sewing thread
- Pins
- Tape measure
- DESIGN FOLDER
Programmes of Study
- Respond to design brief (1b)
- Suggest outline plans (1f)
- Prioritise actions(1g)
- Use graphics and ICT (1h)
- Select and use tools (2a)
- Joining and combining materials (2c)
- Single products of quality (2d)
- Evaluate and test(3b)
- Classification of materials (4b)
- Materials and components combined (4c)
- Production systems (5a)
- Structures (6a)
- Focussed practical tasks (6b)
- Health and Safety
Level 2 Can:
- Generate ideas and plan what to do next.
- Describe designs using words / pictures / models.
- Select appropriate tools and materials.
- Explain their choices.
- Recognise what they have done well.
Level 4 Can:
- Generate ideas by collecting and using information.
- Communicate ideas using words / labelled sketches / models.
- Think ahead about their work – have a plan.
- Use a range of tools and equipment.
- Work with accuracy & pay attention to finish.
- Evaluate for improvement in future.
Level 5 Can:
- Use a variety of sources of information.
- Clarify ideas through discussion / drawing / modelling.
- Work from own detailed plans and change them if needed.
- Work with a range of tools & equipment with precision.
- Check work as it develops
- Work with accuracy & pay attention to finish.
- Test and evaluate products showing an understanding of the situation.
- Evaluate product and information sources
For further details regarding this project contact Denise Walters
at Royton and Crompton School Blackshaw Lane, Royton, Oldham.
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