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 __Textiles in our Lives__

media type="custom" key="5886677"  __Textile Materials__   ​ __Textile Tools __

__ Find the tool most suited to each of the following tasks: __ Dressmakers Chalk  Marking a stitching line on an unusually shaped cushion.  T hread clippers

Cutting an embroidery thread.  Unpicker

Unpicking stitches sewn in the incorrect position.

Pins Holding 2 pieces of fabric together while you are sewing. Dress makers needles

Hand-sewing a button to a shirt.



 ** Textile Techniques ** **Machine Stiches** <span style="color: #0075ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 132%;">In this picture i practised doing straight stich in a straight line, zig zagged line and curved line. the straight line was quite easy to do. doing the zig zag line was harder but still pretty easy to do. the curved one was the hardest one for me. after doing it a couple of times i got the hang of it and it was easy to do.

**Tie-dye Marbling** <span style="color: #0075ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The tie-dye ma <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> rbling was the first tie-dye i did. to make it look like that i rolled a scrunched a peice of material in a ball and tied it was with an elastic band twice. after leaving it in the tie-dye over night it turned out like that. i really like the marbling technique and i would like to use it for my pillow. i like how its not too pink or too white and it did turn out better than i hoped.

**Tie-dye Fold and Peg.** <span style="color: #ff0000; display: inline; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19.6px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; vertical-align: super;"> <span style="color: #0075ff; display: inline; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 141.12%; text-align: left;">The <span style="color: #0075ff; display: inline; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 141.12%; text-align: left;"> second <span style="color: #0075ff; display: inline; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 141.12%; text-align: left;"> tie-dye <span style="color: #0075ff; display: inline; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 141.12%; text-align: left;"> technique I experimented on was the fold and peg. I folded the material into a fan fold and then placed three pegs near the top, then it was put into the dye.this is not how i would have liked the finished product to look like. it is too much pink and it is very plain and boring. next time i do this techinique i will use alot more pegs.

<span style="color: #0075ff; display: inline; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; vertical-align: super;">The appliqué experiment was really fun to do. The shape I chose to do was the letter 'A'. Miss lemon gave each of us a piece of vliesofix and we drew our designs on the non sticky side. We then ironed it onto our material of choice, cut it out, peeled off the backing, stuck it onto another piece of plain material, ironed it again and then sewed around the edges. i used black cotton to hold my design down. although the stiching looks thin, i chose not to stich around it again, just incase i ruined it. i am happy with the finished product. <span style="color: #0075ff; display: inline; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; vertical-align: super;">
 * Applique**

Fabric Crayons ** <span style="color: #0075ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">i really liked doing this experiment. everyone got given a peice of brown paper and on it i drew a love heart. then on a peice of plain red material with the brown love heart cut out, i shaded around it. i then put the ironing cover on it and ironed it down. i liked the finshed product.