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Hello, and welcome to what is our ninth lesson in the design and technology textiles unit of work.

My name is Mr. Wicken and as always it's fantastic to see you here in our lesson today.

In today's lesson we're going to learn actually how we correctly apply a different range of finishes to our phone holder itself, and what's the correct techniques to use to apply different fastenings, maybe different types of stitching techniques to add a different element to the design, as well as a few other types of media that you can use.

So let's go and have a look at today's learning objectives.

Now before we go into today's learning objectives, as always if you haven't yet got the intro quiz done pause the video here now, go and get that done for me, and then we'll carry on through the learning objectives.

Okay, now that's done.

Let's have a look at what we're going to learn about in today's lesson.

So the first area of learning for our lesson today is actually what are textile fastenings? And why we use them and the different range of fastenings that are available for you for your mobile phone protector.

Then we're going to look into what actually embroidery is and how you could possibly add that to your final design if you want to add another level of design element that may be something you've not considered, but in today's lesson you could possibly add to it.

Then we're going to look into actually what our fabric paint pens as they are and how they work on fabric.

And then as always, we're going to finish off with our exit quiz just to have a good conclusion of all the learning you've done in today's lesson.

Now, as always before we go any further, to be successful in this lesson we need to make sure we've got the correct equipment.

Now, some of the equipment that I'm going to require you to be used in this lesson are in places quite dangerous.

And as we've said before, when we're using those bits of equipment we need to make sure that you are being supervised by a parent or carer so that if anything does happen, you've got somebody nearby just to help out if necessary.

So the equipment you're going to need are a pair of scissors preferably some fabric scissors, but if it's just normal scissors, that's fine by me.

And again, those are one of those bits of equipment that we need to be very careful with and using with some supervision at home, then you're going to some needle and thread, again because with a needle can be quite sharp and dangerous make sure that you're using that with some supervision.

Then you're going to need some fabric, preferably something similar to what you've been using but if you want to change it up again, absolutely fine by me, I'm looking forward to seeing the work.

We also going to need some straight pins and we've used those in previous lessons so make sure we've got those hands and again, because they can be quite dangerous please make sure that when you are using them, you're using them under the supervision of a parent or carer.

You might want to get some beads or some ribbons just for some of the stuff we're going to look into in our lesson today.

And also if you do have access to this or something that you might want to get access to is some fabric paint pens or fabric paint, depending on how you've got it.

So if you haven't got any of those bits of equipment, pause the video here, go and get them now, and then we'll carry on in a moment.

Okay, now we've got the equipment, let's go into our keywords for today's lesson.

We've got one key word that's overarching for all of this lessons learning, and we're going to say that together.

So I'll say it and then you'll repeat it.

So finish.

Finish, finish.

Well done, really good.

Now, finish obviously is a word that we probably all know and understand, that finish line when you're at sports day and you cross and you're like, "Yes, I've won." But finish for design and technology is a little bit different.

Finish is what actually we apply to a end product just to make that finer detail of that product so much more polished and refined to make it a really outstanding and top quality product.

To make a good quality finish is to add to that aesthetic appeal.

The look, the overall fit and finish so that you are creating something that is really suitable for your target audience and has a good level of additional sort of decoration to it to make it stand out from the crowd.

That's really important with the finish.

We want to make our product really stand out as a high quality end product so that people want to buy it.

The other thing is it can make the product tougher and more durable.

So actually by applying this finish we can make the product more usable, which is something we're going to look into in today's lesson through the fastenings.

And actually we've finished itself we're looking obviously into textiles and there are different finishing techniques but obviously depending on what material we're using, depends on what type of finish we actually apply.

So in the case of wood, for example, if we were doing something around wood, we would possibly apply something like a varnish or a wax or maybe some sort of clear finish just so that we can see the grain through it.

But again, depending on what the material that we're using is, depends on what finished we're applying.

So finish with us is talking about how to really finish off and conclude a product so it makes it an even better outstanding product at the end.

Now we've had a look into that, let's go and have a look into our first learning objective for today's lesson.

So our first learning objective in today's lesson is what are textile fastenings? And why we use them in a textile-based product.

Now a fastening is something I'm absolutely certain that you know about and that you use when you put on your clothes in the morning, because actually without those fastenings, it's going to be quite tricky to keep certain products together.

So fastening is a very functional part of a garment or any type of textile-based product that allows things to sort of come together to actually hold it together so that we can open and close that gap or that textile product over and over again.

What I'm talking about are things like zips or buttons, maybe Velcro or metal hooks, those things that we use.

So if I think about my shirt I'm wearing here, I've obviously got buttons going down the middle of my shirt and on my collar just to hold the collar in place.

And that is a textile fastening because that textile fastening is holding the two sides of my shirt together so that it doesn't just come apart.

And actually, if I didn't have the buttons here, it wouldn't really keep me nice and cosy when I'm wearing it.

And that's the same with the zip, that's the same with Velcro, what that's doing is it bring in two bits of fabric together and holding it together in a sort of semi-permanent way.

So what I mean by that is that it's semi-permanent in respect that yes, it is actually holding that thing together, but because it's actually something that you could undo, it's semi-permanent because you can redo it back up or undo it again.

If you think of the zip, you can take it up and then back down again.

With a popper, you can pop it shut, a button, you can undo, okay.

Those are the things.

Velcro is a great example where you just pull it apart and then it sticks together again.

So let's have a look at how we can use some fastenings on our mobile phone protector to hold things together.

Now, before we go into the actual different types of fastenings that you could possibly use, something that I just want to bring to your attention too for your mobile phone protector that we didn't talk about in our lesson last time, and that was just because we had so much going on that actually I forgot it, and actually it's something that I think it could benefit your design if you want to, with your mobile phone protector, I've unfolded, so I've put it back round to how we stitched it together last lesson.

And actually the moment whilst it will protect the phone to a certain extent, actually we could do with adding a little bit more protection to it.

And that's where things like this come in.

So this is just some sort of foam padding, you can get it in long rows of material.

You don't have to use this, you could use bits of card or some sort of other material that you could possibly cut so it fits inside the actual interior of your mobile phone.

And then you can get another piece of fabric so I've cut another piece that's the same sort of design, and what I could do if I wanted to is one with that sandwich together like so, I could stitch along the line again and along the top so that what that's doing is it's creating a bit of padding for the phone on the inside, and then I can just pull it inside out and that would then stay on the inside of my design on both sides of my mobile phone protector.

And again, it just adds another level of protection to the mobile phone when it's inside the protector itself.

It's just something that you might want to do if you've got access to that material, awesome card.

You don't have to do it necessarily, but if you can, it's just something that I would like to bring to your attention now so that you could do it if you get chance to.

Now let's have a look into the fastening.

So with the fastening I'm just going to use mine as a example, so I'm going to add different fastenings to it.

You are obviously going to choose preferably one type of fastening that you think is going to be suitable that we had in our original designs.

We did speak about fastenings and actually how we hold it together before.

So the classic type of fastening is a button, and I've got a couple of different types of buttons here.

And if you have accesses and buttons as I said, it will be great to use these to actually allow you to fix your thing together.

Now, if we're using buttons, we've got to think of a couple of things.

The first thing is actually where we're going to stitch the button, so if I just pull it back into the right way so it's got the nice fabric showing.

We need to think about where we're going to place the button, and wherever that button is going to be placed for me it will probably be on the inside of the fabric here, but then I'm going to have to cut a little slot on the outside here, so that the button can actually stitch through and I'll talk more about that in a little while.

But let's talk about actually how we stitch on a button itself.

So we're going to need to choose a type of button so I'm going to go because I think these are a little bit large for what I want, I'm just going to go for this clear plastic button.

And it depends, this one's got two holes in it to stitch up, this has got four, which is a slight different but it's just a crossing over technique for it as you you'll see this as we go through it.

So I'm going to put those buttons to one side, I'm going to take my chosen button.

Now I'm going to put this side because I'm going to use this end for something else.

You might want to put your centrally or you might actually be using more than one button that's perfectly fine, but I'm just going to put mine to one side because I've got different types of fastening I'm going to show you in a minute.

As always, I've got my needle and thread set up and that's what you're going to need for this.

And to start with what you're going to do is you're going to take your fabric, place it wherever you want it on your fabric.

Notice, I'm just doing my very roughly because I'm using mine as an example, you would do yours in the correct location.

And I've got the knot in the end of the thread as always like so, and I'm going to pull the needle through the hole like so, can you see that? And I'm going to pull the thread until like before the thread gets caught on the knot like so, okay? So that can't go further anymore because it's got to the knot.

Now this point, what you're going to want to do is go back through that other hole there.

But before you do that, what I want you to do is take a straight pin like this, can be a straight pin or something else that's quite thin in its diameter so the thickness of the material, and what I want you to do is you can pop it through to start with just to make it easier for you, the needle like so.

But what I would like you to do and this is important, is I want you to place the straight pin or whatever you're using on the inside, and let me just pull it through, and what you're going to do if I fold it here like so, as I pulled the thread through I want you to allow that.

So can you see that I'm not allowing the thread to go all the way down the inside of the button? That straight pin is just holding it slightly above where the bottom of the button is, and you'll see why in a moment why I'm doing that.

Then what you want to do is you want to keep going and threading it back through and along, back through and round and round and round until you've done that about eight times, and then at the end, what you want to do is just tie a little knot into the thread, a double knot perfectly so that it then holds the button in place.

So I've now gone and stitched my button onto the fabric, so I've gone round about eight times, and then at the end what I've done is I've done a double knot on the inside just hooping it through the thread, and then tying it up.

Now what I'm going to do with this done, I'm going to now take that straight pin out like so, and the reason why we did that is so that the button can then move up, so it's not completely flat and fixed to the actual fabric itself, it's got a bit of movement.

And what that's going to allow is if I then pull that in, it's going to allow for when we cut the opening for the button, we can cut the opening and it's going to allow for the thickness of the material to hold it together underneath the button itself.

Now let's think about actually what we're going to do with the opening.

So now I've got the button in place, what I can do is I can find a location.

What I need to do is cut an opening for the button, and then that opening is going to allow for that button to be able to move through the fabric.

So, we now are going to go make the button hole.

So to do that, what we need to do to begin with as I was just saying is we need to cut an opening here.

And the best way to do it is to pinch the fabric up so it's actually folded along roughly where the button's going to be.

And then with the fabric scissors, we need to then cut into the fabric to create a small opening that actually will allow the button to go through.

So I've now cut the opening and we can test to see if the button fits through by taking the button itself and then just placing it through the opening.

And you can see that it's gone through quite nicely in that hole.

Now the issue that you can see if I just undid the button is that we need to make sure that we actually hem the edges of this buttonhole because it will fray and it will slowly unravel and we don't want that.

Now to do that, we need to take our needle and thread and to start with as before, what we want to do is we want to take our needle we want to go to one end of the opening, and we want to just push our needles through like so.

And we want to pull the thread through until it gets to the knot like so.

Then we're going to push it back through, but this time we're going to hook the fabric over the top like so, we're going to pull through and what that will create is a small knot at the edge and we're just starting off like so, and it's starting to make a little knot at the edge of our fabric.

Now once you've gone round all of the edging tying the knots down, mine is incredibly rough and I apologise because I've rushed it to get things done quickly, but yours would be a lot neater.

I've turned it inside out just so you can see also what it looks like from the inside.

Once you've got that gone all the way round the edging where you've cut the hole, what you can then do is once it's all done is put the buttons through and then check that it is holding the item closed.

Now, if it doesn't quite fit together or it's a little bit rough in places, don't worry that's the whole point of doing this is to learn how to do it.

This is quite a lot of skill to thread a button and to create the button hole at the same time.

So the button is one way of doing things, the next type of way of doing it I'm just going to unfold it as well.

The other type of fastening that we can do after a button.

So we've got the button sown on and we've done the button hole.

The next way is possibly using some Velcro.

Now there are other fixing methods but these are the two that I'm just going to show you today.

And what you need to find is some Velcro if you have access to some, if you don't, don't worry but it is another good fixing material.

And what you're going to do is you take part of the Velcro itself, and I've cut mine down small, just because as I said I was going to use half and half to show different fixings.

So I'm just going to place my Velcro on that.

Actually, mine's got a little bit stick at the back of it just because I've got different types of Velcro that can help me.

But what that's going to do is it's going to hold it in place for me.

And then what I'm going to do is I'm going to stitch along the outside line of the Velcro, and I would do the same with the other piece on the opposite side so they then would come together, if I just take it off, and then it would fix together like so to create a Velcro fastening.

So you can stick one on one side and then do the same on the opposite side using a thread to stitch it together.

So I've shown you two different types of fastening that can be used on a textile product button or Velcro, but there are lots of different ones and when you came up with your design ideas I'm absolutely certain you've come up with a way of holding together your mobile phone holder.

If those two that I've shown you is not one of the methods that you are wanting to use for your mobile phone, maybe have a look online to see if you can find techniques of how to fix those fabric fastenings together.

Same with what I've shown you today, have a look online to see if there's further detail 'cause I I've gone from rush this demo probably and not giving you enough detail but you can I'm sure find other things in places on the internet just obviously make sure that you've got a parent or carer when you're looking for those things.

So I want you to pause the video here now, and I want you to go to your mobile phone protector and add in any fastenings that you are wanting to add to your end product so that it holds it together in a semi permanent way.

Take your time, be careful as you're doing it and be safe when you're using the needle and any scissors so that when you are creating it you are thinking safety at all point.

So pause the video here, go and get creating your fastenings and good luck.

Welcome back, and I hope you got on really well with creating your textile fastening in your mobile phone protection.

Whichever one you've used, however you are holding that together in that semi permanent way, I hope you've been successful in creating it.

Now let's move on to our second area of learning and that is what is embroidery? Now embroidery is something that is used to decorate a fabric with a needle and a thread that is done in a creative way that creates hopefully some sort of imagery or pattern on the actual fabric itself.

You would need to use a embroidery thread or wool, or maybe a metallic thread or even in some cases, some silk ribbon to create the pattern that you're trying to create.

When you are using an embroidery method you need to make sure that you're planning out the design on the fabric, so that you can then use that as a template to stitch.

And all you're doing is going and hooping background on itself, creating and building up a pattern itself.

Now not everybody is going to want to do this as part of their final design, I am merely showing you and talking to you about what embroidery is so you have an understanding of what embroidery is within textiles, but actually it's something if you've thought of doing with your design, now is the opportunity.

So if you are wanting to add an embroidered pattern to your mobile phone protector, this is now the opportunity.

You're going to need some embroidery thread or wool, or whatever it might be, and you're going to need to create that pattern if you transfer it onto your fabric and then using the thread you can create.

Just using those techniques that we've learned before with the running stitch is pretty much that but just looping back on itself, over and over again.

And as you can see in the image on the screen, that is an embroidery pattern that's been put onto some fabric.

So if you're wanting to add an embroidered design to your mobile phone protector, this is the opportunity to do it.

So I would like to pause the video here now, and actually have a go at possibly creating an embroidery pattern on there if that is something that you've planned into your design.

If it's not something that you've planned into design, you don't necessarily have to do this part of the lesson, it's up to you but you might want to have a go at possibly creating a embroidered pattern on your phone design.

Again, pause the video here now, have a go for you're up for it, I'll see you in a little while.

Welcome back, and I hope you got on really well if you had to go with the embroidery section of this lesson, I hope you got on really well with that and that you've had some successes with the design.

If you haven't had a go at it, that's not a problem, as I say, it was up to you whether you wanted to use it or not in our lesson today.

Now we're going to move on to the third and final area of learning in today's lesson which is what are fabric paints and pens? Now these are something that are a little bit different to what we've looked into because actually it doesn't require a needle and thread.

Actually, these fabric paints have been specially designed and engineered to be applied to a fabric so that it actually stays and embeds into that design itself and it doesn't easily wash out because naturally paint if we get it on our clothes let's say we've been decorating in the house, we'd actually want to put it into the wash to wash it off.

So these paints have been designed so they shouldn't be easily washed off.

I'm not saying it's impossible to wash them off, but actually it should be a bit more of a permanent design when you're applying it to the fabric so that it stays in place.

The pens and the paint itself can be used in a variety of different ways, and it can add something to the design that let's say embroidery that we've just looked into can't, because actually you've got a little bit more freedom, a little bit more movement because you're not using a needle and thread.

So let's go and have a look actually what paint pens are and how we can use them on our fabric.

So I've just got a bit of a scrap fabric here and if you aren't going to use special fabric paints and pens, then I would recommend that you use a scrap piece of fabric first just to see what they're capable of doing.

And I've got a couple of different colours here, just to have a go with to show you the opportunities it can offer.

Again, like with the embroidery, if you don't want to have a go at this, you don't have to because you might not have access to the paint pens.

So this is the paint pen itself, I've got a red one here.

If I just take the top off and I can click the lid on, that is what the nib looks like.

You have to make sure that the nib has been soaked in the paint that's inside the pen itself so it can be easily applied.

And then it works like any ordinary pen.

You just come over to the fabric, and then you can write if you want to.

So I could just write onto the fabric.

Hi, there you go, just saying hello to everybody.

And you can do, obviously I've just done some texts there, it's entirely up to you what you do but you can take these fabric pens and then onto the surface of the fabric itself, you can do whatever you like because you can then add in some design that you just naturally wouldn't have been able to do if you were using the embroidery technique.

So I could possibly draw on a very cartoon-like sort of flower onto my fabric which just adds a nice sort of design element to my fabric in a way that makes it look really quite funky and quite cool.

Actually, that's something that you might not necessarily get with a bit of fabric or a thread that you're using in a certain way.

Now, just a couple of things that when we're using these, just so that you're aware when you're using these fabric pens please make sure you're careful with the fabric and careful with the paint, make sure that you've got some scrap paper down underneath it.

I haven't here, I'm just doing it on my work just cause I'm going to wash it off after.

Because actually what can happen is the paint can easily soak through and then it can leave some marks on a work surface.

And please, please, please, when you're doing this make sure that you've got some scrap bits of paper or something underneath it just to avoid that.

My work surface doesn't matter because it's my workstation and I don't mind it getting messy, but when you're doing at home make sure that you've got something just to protect you.

I would also make sure that you've maybe got an apron or something on it as well just so that any of the paint from that fabric paint or pens do not go onto your clothes themselves.

So, now I've shown you the fabric paint and the pens that you can use on some fabric and possibly your mobile phone protector, you can now have a go if you've got access to them or if you're going to go and get some, you can now have a go with it.

Like with the embroidery it's up to you if you want to use them or not.

I thought I'd show you these because they're quite different.

Embroidery is quite well known thing within textiles whereas these fabric pens and paint aren't necessarily.

I've shown you how to do it freehand but maybe you've got some stencils or you can get hold of some stencils that you can use with the fabric paint pen to allow for a print to go onto the fabric, it's entirely up to you.

Make sure again, like I said that you're careful when you're using them, you put some scrap paper underneath the fabric so it doesn't seep through onto a work surface.

Maybe you've got an apron on as well just so that it doesn't go into your clothes.

So, if you're going to have a go with the paint, great, pause the video here, have a go, I'll see you in a little while.

Welcome back, and I hope you had some fun using the different fabric paints and pens that are available if you got hold of those, if you didn't, don't worry it's not a problem.

As I say, it's up to you whether you wanted to use them or not, but again, it's just something to show you that that is an option that you could use with your mobile phone protector.

And that's it for today's lesson, thank you so much for being here.

We've learned a huge amount about actually how we can finish our end product using different types of fastenings.

Maybe you've done some embroidery, maybe you've used some of the fabric paints is up to you, but actually what's really important is that we are finishing the product so it is complete, and it is going to hold successfully our mobile phones or somebody's mobile phone so that it is a fit and finished product that has a purpose.

As always I would love to see any work that you've created in today's lesson and if you could get your parent or carer to take some photos and if they're happy to share them online that would be fantastic.

Just remember to make sure they using the hashtag, #LearnwithOak.

I look forward to seeing you in our last lesson for this unit of work, thank you so much for being here, I'll see you next lesson, bye-bye.