Year 9 TECHNOLOGY - Textiles - Applied Design
9TXT Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Mrs T. Tippett.
Recommended Prior LearningYou will need to want to be creative and explore different textile techniques.
You will need a willingness to make the most of all the opportunities this project offers you, and be apart of a strong learning community in the class with the other students to support each other to succeed.
Do you want to challenge traditional boundaries of textiles to create new and innovative designs ?
Images are indicative only of textiles projects from Pinterest.
(Please note this is different course to our Textiles - Manipulation course.)
This course is all about making textile items (not clothes). You will learn how to design and make textile items by applying design to fabric, this could be through dyeing, printing, painting, applique etc...
Students can select this course and the Textiles - Manipulation 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 sew by hand
- about different types of fabrics
Course Overview
Semester A
This is a half year course.
Year 9 Courses ( these will be updated for 2025 by start of term 3), Design and Materials Technology
Pathway
10 Product Design and Making (Workshop)
Contributions and Equipment/StationeryStudents will be required to purchase the items on the school stationery list, ready for the start of the course.