Exploring embroidery and stitch

Art and design

This unit starts by offering pupils insights into diverse career opportunities within the creative industries, looking at Fashion in more detail. It leads into a textiles unit exploring different elements of textiles and fabric manipulation

Textiles and the creative industries

What is embroidery thread usually made from?

Which of the art elements is most important to consider when planning your embroidery?

Match the technique with its description.

Blackwork embroidery uses only {{}} thread and is often geometric.

Embroidery can be used to tell {{}} and express ideas.

Stitching decorative designs onto fabric using thread

Cutting shapes from fabric and gluing them down

Where might you find examples of embroidery?

{{}} thread is used in blackwork embroidery.

What is the purpose of a sampler in embroidery?

An embroidery hoop has two hoops: one on the __________ and one on the __________.

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Exploring embroidery and stitch

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.