Lesson video

Hello, my name is Mrs. Tipping, and I'm really looking forward to learning with you today all about watery weavings, and looking at textiles.

We are going to do lots of thinking, talking, and exploring together in this lesson.

So shall we get started? Let's go.

By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to use stitch and embellishment to design a textile pattern.

Before we start, I would like to introduce you to some keywords.

We'll be using these key keywords during the lesson, so it might be a good idea to write these keywords down.

The keywords we'll be using today are textiles, pattern, embellish.

I'm going to say those words again, and I would like you to repeat them after me.

Textiles, pattern, embellish.

Good job.

Now let's have a look at what these keywords mean.

Textiles are materials made from fibres that are woven, knitted or felted together.

A pattern is a design in which lines, shapes, forms, or colours are repeated.

Embellish means to add extra details or decorations to a textile.

Pause the video here to make a note of these key words.

And when you are ready to continue, press play.

These are the learning cycles that we'll be working through together in today's lesson.

Making textiles, creating patterns with stitch.

In this first part of the lesson we're going to explore making textiles.

What do you think this is made of? Hmm? Take a look at that picture.

What do you think this is made of? Well, fabric is a type of textile that is made when threads are woven together.

So this is a fabric.

Fabric is what we use to make things like clothes, curtains, or blankets.

Did you guess that that was a fabric? Let's take a look at some textiles.

So some examples of different textiles are fabric, knits, waterproof textiles, synthetic fibres and wool felt.

There are lots of different types of textiles made in different ways.

Textiles is a word to describe all kinds of materials made from threads or fibres.

Fabric is one kind of textile.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Is this statement true or false? All textiles are fabric.

Pause the video here and have a discussion with your partner and press play when you are ready to continue.

What did you think? If you said this statement is false, you are absolutely right, but why is it false? Pause the video here and have a moment to think.

Why is this statement false? And press play when you are ready to continue.

What did you think? If you said that fabric is one kind of textile, but textiles can also describe felt, knits, and waterproof material, you are absolutely right.

So not all textiles are fabric.

There can be other things too.

Some textiles are made from plants.

These are called natural fibres.

So let's take a look at some.

So we have the flax plant here.

This can be used to create a natural fibre.

These fibres make a linen fabric.

The cotton plant.

Hmm, what do you think that makes? Well, let's take a look.

Goes through these machines, and these fibres can make a cotton fabric.

So these are natural fibres.

We can use those to make different fabrics.

Some textiles are made from animal fibres.

Wool is an example, and that can be dyed and it can be spun or felted.

What does wool come from? Which animal? That's right, it comes from a sheep.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Wool is a natural fibre.

Is that statement true or false? Hmm, what do you think? Pause the video here and give yourself a moment to think, is this statement true or false? And press play when you are ready to continue.

If you said that that is true, you are absolutely right.

Why is that true? How do we explain that wool is a natural fibre? Pause the video here and have a quick discussion with your partner and press play when you are ready to continue.

What did you think? How did you explain it? Well, we could say wool is made from a material found in nature.

It can be made from the coat of sheep, alpacas, or even rabbits.

Other textiles are synthetic.

Synthetic fabrics are materials made by people in factories, using chemicals.

So let's take a look here at a couple of examples.

We've got waterproof textiles, or we've got synthetic fibres.

So these are made by people in factories using chemicals.

Lucas and Andeep are talking about the textiles that make their clothing.

Lucas says, "I've noticed that there are labels in our clothing.

My jumper label says nylon." Andeep said, "My jumper label says polyester." Polyester and nylon are the names of two common synthetic materials.

Let's take a moment to pause here.

Which image does not show a textile, A, B, or C? Pause the video here to give yourself a moment to think and press play when you are ready to continue.

What did you think? If you said that it's B, you are right.

Glue is a material that can join textiles, but it is not made of threads or fibres.

This means it is not a textile.

This brings us to our first learning task.

I'd like you to have a go at looking at examples of different textiles in the environment around you and identify their different qualities.

So here's an example.

We might look at our coat.

What does the textile look like? Well, maybe your coat looks shiny.

What is it made from? Or maybe your coat's made from waterproof fabric.

And then how does it feel? Maybe your coat feels soft, but cold and plastic too.

So pause the video here and give yourself enough time to have a go looking at examples of different textiles around you and answer those questions and press play when you are ready to continue.

How did you get on? What textiles did you explore? Well, you might have said that you found a hat and that hat looked woolly and knitted, and it was made from wool and it maybe felt a bit rough and prickly.

Maybe you found a cushion and you saw that it looked silky or furry.

Maybe that cushion was made from polyester or cotton, and maybe it felt smooth and soft.

Well done for exploring the textiles in your area, and well done for completing that learning task.

This brings us to the second part of our lesson.

We're going to explore creating patterns with stitch.

Some textile designs have patterns.

What pattern can you see on this textile? Pause the video here and have a quick discussion with your partner and press play when you are ready to continue.

When designers create a pattern on fabric, they might use stitch.

So here we have an image of some thread and some yarn.

So when they make a pattern on fabric using stitch, this means that thread or yarn has been used to embellish the fabric.

What is a pattern? Hmm, there's a pattern here.

Can you see it? A pattern is something that repeats in a regular way.

You might notice a pattern in shapes, colours, or lines.

Where else might you notice patterns? Hmm.

Can you see in the patterns here, for example in the colours, we've got green, then orange, then green, then orange.

So that repeats itself.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Can you have a look at the pattern below? What do you think comes next? Pause the video here and give yourself a moment to think.

You might even want to draw it.

What comes next? And press play when you are ready to continue.

What did you think? If you added this, then you'll see that we've got those six horizontal lines that come next to continue that pattern.

Some examples of patterns of textiles are stars.

Maybe a rhombus, floral, geometric, or abstract.

So there are lots of different patterns we can find in textiles.

Now, Sam is thinking about designing her fabric using stitch.

She sketches out a design for her pattern before starting.

Sam says, "I'm going to use a simple repeated line for my pattern." So can you see how she's drawn that repeated line? And she's going to have a go at that using stitch.

Sam is thinking about the type of stitch she's going to use.

She says, "I think I'll use a running stitch for my pattern." And this is what a running stitch looks like.

This artist is also using a running stitch.

How are they making that running stitch? Take a look here.

What can you see that they're doing? Hmm.

Now if I use a running stitch, I need to go using an over and under movement.

So using my needle with either thread or yarn, I'm going through my textile over and under.

Pause the video here, and I'd like you to have a go at doing a running stitch.

Give yourself enough time and then press play when you are ready to continue.

How did that go? Well, hopefully you've got something like this.

You can make a running stitch by pushing the needle and thread through the fabric from the front to the back using an over and under movement.

You can have a go at practising that.

Now, how could Sam join the buttons to her fabric? Hmm.

Buttons could be joined using stitch through the holes in the centre of the button, but they could also be joined by using a small amount of glue on the back of the button.

Sam is now thinking about the extra embellishment she could add to her design.

"I think I could add buttons to my design," says Sam.

So looking at her repeated lines, can you now see how she wants to add those buttons where she wants to add them? This artist is embellishing their design by joining their buttons using glue.

Here you can see the artist putting glue on the back of the button and then attaching it to their design.

So I'm going to have a go now at embellishing by joining buttons using glue just like this artist.

So put a little bit of glue on the back of that button and attach it to my design.

I'd like you to have a go at doing the same.

Pause the video here and give yourself enough time to have a go at embellishing using the buttons and doing that using glue and press play when you are ready to continue.

How did that go? Well, hopefully you were able to attach your buttons using glue.

You can embellish your textile with beads or buttons.

This brings us to our final learning task.

I'd like you to have a go at creating patterns with stitch by following these three steps in order.

First of all, I'd like you to design a simple line pattern, and then I'd like you to use a running stitch to create a pattern on your fabric.

And finally, add embellishment to your fabric using buttons or beads.

So pause the video here and make sure you give yourself enough time to follow those steps in order.

Design your simple line pattern.

Then use a running stitch to create the pattern on your fabric.

And finally, add embellishment to your fabric using buttons or beads.

Press play when you are ready to continue.

How did that go? Shall we take a look at an example? So you might have created that running stitch after drawing out your line pattern and then used beads or buttons to embellish your design.

Well done for having a go at that learning task.

Before we finish this lesson, let's summarise what we've learned about the qualities of different textile materials.

So to know the different qualities of a variety of textiles and where they come from.

We know that patterns can be added to textiles using stitch.

We know that fabrics can also be embellished.

Thank you for joining me in this lesson today.

I hope to see you in the next one.

See you next time.