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Textiles: Simple stitches
Learning to make stitches with a needle and thread.
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Textiles: Simple stitches
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Name some objects made of fabric.
- Describe the look and feel of different fabrics.
- Thread a needle.
- Make a series of stitches that match each other in embroidery fabric.
- Choose colours and shapes for a design.
- Explain their ideas to others verbally and with a sketch.
- Choose materials based on their texture.
- Follow the general position of the lines of a design with stitches.
- Say what they like about someone else’s stitching and what could be made better.
Suggested prior learning
Textiles: Bookmarks
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: What is Fabric?
- To explore how fabrics are made and used.
Lesson 2: Making stitches
- To thread a needle and make stitches.
Lesson 3: Designing bunting
- To sketch a design for a piece of bunting.
Lesson 4: Stitching a design
- To stitch a design for a piece of celebratory bunting.
Lesson 5: Finishing and evaluating bunting
- To finish a design of stitches and evaluate.
Key skills
Key knowledge
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Unit resources
Design and technology
Knowledge organiser – D&T Y1: Textiles: Simple stitches
Aimed at pupils, a single page giving key facts and definitions from the unit ‘Simple stitches’.
Design and technology
Vocabulary display – D&T Y1: Textiles: Simple stitches
A display version of the key vocabulary from the unit 'Simple stitches'.