*New* Textiles: Bags
Designing pattern pieces, making a bag for a specific user and thinking about aesthetics and functionality.
- Subjects >
- Design and technology >
- Upper key stage 2 >
- Year 6 >
- Textiles >
-
*New* Textiles: Bags
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Explore and compare real textile products, thinking about how they look, how they are used and how they affect the environment.
- Develop and test design ideas by creating pattern pieces and making prototypes to explore how well they work.
- Use labelled drawings and diagrams to show clear design ideas, including how pattern pieces will fit together.
- Use fabrics and materials suitable for the product, thinking about how they look and how well they work.
- Make 3D textile shapes by carefully cutting, folding and joining materials to match the design.
- Join fabrics securely using stitches or knots and add decorative details to improve the appearance.
- Use pins, scissors and other tools carefully to keep fabric flat and measure and cut accurately.
- Evaluate how well the final product meets the design criteria and suggest improvements.
Suggested prior learning
Textiles: Stuffed toys
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Deconstructing a bag
- To explore how pattern pieces are used to design and make fabric items.
Lesson 2: Pattern pieces
- To use pattern piece templates to shape, cut and stitch fabric.
Lesson 3: Designing a bag
- To design a bag and create the prototype pattern pieces.
Lesson 4: Making a bag prototype
- To create a prototype bag from a design sketch.
Lesson 5: Adding features
- To add features to a bag.
Key skills
Key knowledge
Related content
Resources
Unit resources

Design and technology
Knowledge organiser – D&T Y6: Textiles: Bags
Aimed at pupils, two pages which give key facts and definitions from the unit ‘Textiles: Bags’.

Design and technology
Vocabulary display – D&T Y6: Textiles: Bags
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit 'Textiles: Bags'.
Cross-curricular opportunities
Maths: Geometry – properties of shapes; Ratio and proportion.
English: Spoken language.
British values: Mutual respect.