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Westlake Girls High School
Year Nine
Fabric Technology
Student Workbook
2014
Dear Parents
For the next 10 weeks your daughter will be taking a course in Fabric Technology, during which time she will be designing and making a bag. The aim of the course is to familiarise the students with the design process and teach them to use the sewing machine safely.
Your daughter will design the bag she is to make, and make her own pattern at school.
Your daughter will require:
fabric – woven, no stretch, vinyl, fur or very thick fabric (you may already have suitable fabric at home).
matching thread
iron-on interfacing (if necessary) pins
bobbin that will fit a Bernina machine – optional, but preferred
notions if required (buttons, domes, elastic, sew-on velcro etc – no zips or stick on velcro)
Your co-operation in providing these materials will ensure your daughter receives maximum benefit from this course. It is a good idea to buy all the requirements when purchasing fabric, as time is often wasted when students do not have the required items and cannot progress with their sewing.
Students will be required to keep their sewing at school until the bag is completed and marked.
Thank you
Yours sincerely
Mrs Margaret Kantor
HOD Technology
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
A variety of textile equipment is used for different stages of construction. Can you match the right equipment with its end use?
Textile equipment
End use
Sewing machine
Used to hold bobbin in machine. Gives tension to lower thread
Bobbin
Used to hold layers of fabric together
Tape measure
Used for cutting fabric
Bobbin case
Main tool for the construction of garments
Iron
Sharp, curved edge, used for unpicking faulty stitching
Glass-headed pins
Used to create 90o angles, which are important when creating patterns
Hand sewing needles
Flexible measuring tool
Metre ruler
Used to draw
Westlake Girls High School
Year Nine
Fabric Technology
Student Workbook
2014
Dear Parents
For the next 10 weeks your daughter will be taking a course in Fabric Technology, during which time she will be designing and making a bag. The aim of the course is to familiarise the students with the design process and teach them to use the sewing machine safely.
Your daughter will design the bag she is to make, and make her own pattern at school.
Your daughter will require:
fabric – woven, no stretch, vinyl, fur or very thick fabric (you may already have suitable fabric at home).
matching thread
iron-on interfacing (if necessary) pins
bobbin that will fit a Bernina machine – optional, but preferred
notions if required (buttons, domes, elastic, sew-on velcro etc – no zips or stick on velcro)
Your co-operation in providing these materials will ensure your daughter receives maximum benefit from this course. It is a good idea to buy all the requirements when purchasing fabric, as time is often wasted when students do not have the required items and cannot progress with their sewing.
Students will be required to keep their sewing at school until the bag is completed and marked.
Thank you
Yours sincerely
Mrs Margaret Kantor
HOD Technology
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
A variety of textile equipment is used for different stages of construction. Can you match the right equipment with its end use?
Textile equipment
End use
Sewing machine
Used to hold bobbin in machine. Gives tension to lower thread
Bobbin
Used to hold layers of fabric together
Tape measure
Used for cutting fabric
Bobbin case
Main tool for the construction of garments
Iron
Sharp, curved edge, used for unpicking faulty stitching
Glass-headed pins
Used to create 90o angles, which are important when creating patterns
Hand sewing needles
Flexible measuring tool
Metre ruler
Used to draw