Homework Booklet

YEAR 7 TEXTILES

Over the next 6 weeks you will complete a range of tasks at home

Details of each task can be found in this booklet, clearly labelled weeks 1 - 6

You can write out your work or type it up - it is your choice. However you choose

to present it must be handed in on time each week and presented neatly.

It is your responsibility to keep this booklet safe. If you lose it you must pay to

print another, photocopy someone else’s or write up the tasks by looking at a

friend’s. It will not be accepted as an excuse for not handing in your work.

Name: .................................................... Teacher: ....................

Week 1: Key Vocabulary

Spelling Test Preparation

Words to learn: Practice 1 Practice 2 Practice 3

Puppet

Felt

Fabric

Material

Thread

Needle

Stitch

Embroidery

You will be tested on these words in lesson next week!

Week 2: Name that Equipment!

(a) (b) (c)

(d) (e) (f)

(g) (h) (i)

On a piece of paper write down the names of each piece of commonly used

textiles equipment (a ) - (i)

Week 3: Fibres

1. What is a fibre?

2. Where does felt fibre come from?

3. What type of fibre is it? Natural

Synthetic

Regenerated

4. Find out three properties of felt (characteristics)

5. Why is felt a good choice for your puppet?

Write down the answers to each of these questions on a piece of paper in full sentences

E.g.

1. A fibre is a .....................................

2. Felt comes from...............................

Week 4: Key Vocabulary

Spelling Test Preparation

Words to learn: Practice 1 Practice 2 Practice 3

Function

Applique

Trapunto

Quality

Aesthetics

Evaluation

Design

Sustainable

You will be tested on these words in lesson next week!

Draw your design on paper

Carefully cut around your template

Week 5: Applique

Describe all the stages of the decorative technique Applique

Some have been filled in for you:

On a piece of paper write out all the stages in order in a flow chart.

(like this example)

Week 6: Hand Embroidery

Research hand embroidery on the internet. Find out and

write down the names of 4 new embroidery stitches

(ones that we haven’t done in lessons)

Extension:

Draw a diagram of each stitch so you can try to include

the stitch on your puppet!

Here are some examples, but there are many more to choose from!