Tawa College

Year 9 TECHNOLOGY - Fashion Design and Construction

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mrs C. Wiesen.

Recommended Prior Learning

You will need an interest in designing, being creative and in working with fabrics sewing both by hand and machine.

This course is a Fashion Sewing Skills course that explores the process of creating a garment from design through to construction.

Images are indicative only of Fashion projects from Pinterest.

(Please note this is different course to the Textiles - Applied Design course.)

This course is all about learning how to read a pattern and construct a garment (clothes). You will learn how to design and make your garment by understanding patterns and fabrics.

Students can select this course and the Textiles - Applied design course if they wish to spend a full year working with fabrics.

You will learn:

how to use the design process to create original design ideas
to explore different materials and how to work with them
to use the sewing machine
how to read and use a pattern
about different types of fabrics
how to add finishes to a garment

Learning Areas:

Year 9 Courses, Design and Materials Technology

Contributions and Equipment/Stationery

Students will be required to purchase the items on the school stationery list, ready for the start of the course.