Year 7 - Design Technology: Textiles

Year 7 - Design Technology: Textiles

Overview

Textiles teaches students design and fabric construction skills. By following the design process, students apply their newly learned hand and machine sewing skills in a creative manner to produce a textile item. Students will complete theory components to familiarise them with textiles terminology and an understanding of how textiles are used in everyday living situations.

Units / Topics Types of Assessment
Skills Design Solution: Project incorporating hand sewing skills
Safety Safety Modules
Design Process Textiles Theory
Textiles terminology

Future Directions
Satisfactory completion of this subject will provide a sound foundation for students to proceed to Design Technology: Textiles in Year 8 or 9.