Hi, everyone.

I'm Mrs. Courts.

I'm very pleased to join for today's lesson on simple sewing techniques.

This is part of the "Templates in textiles: hand puppets" unit.

Our lesson outcome for today is I know how to do a running stitch.

And in our lesson today, we have four new keywords.

I'll say them first and then you repeat them after me.

Are you ready? Brilliant.

Sewing.

Sewing.

Great, sewing is to make stitches in fabric using a needle and thread.

Stitches.

Stitches.

Well, stitches are a loop of thread made in fabric using a needle.

Thread.

Thread.

Super, thread is a thin piece of string used to sew.

And our final word for today is joining, joining.

Super, joining are ways to join two things together correctly.

Well done, everyone.

Great work.

In our lesson today of simple sewing techniques, we have three learning cycles.

Three parts to our lesson.

And our first part is "Practising a running stitch." Are you ready? Brilliant.

Fabrics are often joined by sewing.

Fabrics are often joined by sewing, and your school uniform is most likely sewn together.

If you have a little look now, you might spot some of the sewing.

We're ready for our first check for understanding.

I hope you were listening.

Well, this is a true or false question.

Fabrics are usually joined by staples.

Fabrics are usually joined by staples.

Is this true or false? Have a little think and pause the video now.

Welcome back.

So, true or false? "Fabrics are usually joined by staples" is, yes, well done, it is false.

Why is it false? That's brilliant, fabrics are usually joined by sewing, by stitches, and staples would make your clothing very uncomfortable.

Well done, everyone.

There are different methods of sewing fabrics together.

You might sew by hand.

You might be at home using a sewing machine.

Or by a commercial sewing machine, that means in a big factory where lots of clothing is being made at one time.

If you look carefully or use a magnifying glass to help you, you might spot some of the stitches in your clothing.

This holds the clothing together.

Have a little look now.

Can you spot anything? That's right.

Well, in my T-shirt that I've got here, you might see some of the stitches.

Can you see the sew line across there? Brilliant, if I turn the T-shirt around a little bit, you might spot some buttons.

Can you see the buttons? And how do you think they're joined? That's right, by stitches.

And you'll also see there's another seam just here with more stitches, and there's the back of it so you can see that too.

Well done, everyone.

I wonder if you've spotted any buttons, or a zip that's been sewn into your clothing, or you might see a seam, the edge where the two pieces are joined.

Well done, everyone.

So if you look carefully or use your magnifying glass, you might be able to see some stitches in your clothing.

This is some school uniform.

And if you have a look, there's a pocket that's been sewn in.

And there's the inside of a jumper.

We like to hide some of the stitches, so sometimes it's on the inside and you'll just see two pieces of fabric joined together on the outside, but the stitches are hidden on the inside of the jumper or clothing.

Did you see stitches on yours? Brilliant.

Well done, everyone.

Well, within your clothing you might have spotted this pattern.

Now there's many different types of stitches and therefore this is just one of them.

This is called a running stitch.

Can you say running stitch? Brilliant, running stitch.

And a running stitch runs in one direction.

So that might be across, it might run up, it might run down.

But it runs in one direction.

And as you can see, the stitches here all run in one direction, they all go across.

We're ready for our next check for standing.

I hope you were listening.

So a running stitch runs, is it A, up and down; B, side to side; or C, in one direction? Pause the video now and have a little think.

Welcome back, so a running stitch runs, that's right, in one direction.

Well done.

To sew a running stitch, you pass a needle, a threaded needle, in and out of the fabric in a straight line, making small stitches with spaces between them.

If you have a little look at the video, you'll see that the needle goes in and out, in and out across the material.

We're ready for Task A now, and I'd like you to get a piece of card, okay? And when you've got your card, I would like you to put holes in the card using possibly a single hole punch.

Okay? Brilliant.

With that, I would like you to get a shoelace to have a little practise at doing a running stitch.

Now remember, running stitches go in one direction, they go in a straight line, okay? They might be in a curved line, but they go in one direction all the time.

So you're gonna start from one end of your card, and you're gonna start from the back and I'd like you to thread your shoelace through the card.

And then I want to see you going in and out of the holes in your card.

Now as you're going through from the back to the front, you will notice that you're starting to make a pattern.

You're starting to sew.

You're going in and out of the card, can you see that? Now in doing so, that is a running stitch.

So you might have had a go at this already in school, but keep going until you get to the very end, and there you go.

All right, so I'll ask you to pause the video now and have a little go at Task A.

Using a piece of card and a shoelace, practise your running stitch.

Well, welcome back.

So by now you should have had a go at your running stitch going in and out.

How did you find it? Show me a thumbs up if you thought it was quite easy.

Brilliant, there's lots of thumbs up there.

So Alex enjoyed sewing a running stitch using a piece of card with holes in and a shoelace, and he passed the shoelace in and out to the holes and realised it made a pattern.

Well done, Alex.

Did you spot the pattern? Brilliant, it went in and out, in and out, in and out, well done.

We're ready for our next learning cycle now, part two of threading a needle.

A needle and thread has been used to sew a running stitch in this fabric.

Can you see it? Now it's a lot thinner than the shoelace that we've just used.

If you have a look, that's quite thick, isn't it? But to use a needle and thread, it's a bit thinner.

So, can you spot the pattern? That's right, it's the same pattern again, it's a running stitch.

It goes in one direction, it goes in and out, in and out, well done.

We're ready for our next check for understanding now.

So what type of stitch is this? Is it A, a jumping stitch; B, a walking stitch; or C, a running stitch? Pause the video now and have a little think.

Welcome back, did you get it right? It's a running stitch.

Well done, everyone.

To sew, you'll need a needle and some thread.

Here is a needle.

Now you might use a plastic needle to begin with or you might have a very thick metal needle.

Either way, be really, really careful because it can be a bit dangerous.

And this at the end of the needle, the hole at the end of the needle is called the eye.

And then on the other side, on the other picture, you've got some thread, some embroidery thread.

Embroidery thread is a little bit thicker than the cotton.

And each needle has an eye that the thread goes through.

Some needles, as I said, are made of plastic, some metal, and threads go in all sorts of thicknesses, colours as well, so there's quite a choice.

This is the eye of the needle, as I said to you.

And this is where the thread goes through.

So it's called threading and needle.

To thread a needle, you need to fold the thread in half.

This is the easiest way.

And then you pinch the loop and you pass it through the eye of the needle and you pull a small amount of the thread through.

When you've done that bit, 'cause you've got the beginning of the thread through the needle, you'll be able to make sure that the needle and the thread don't come apart.

To do this, make a little loop and push the needle through it and then pull the end.

It's quite easy when you've had a bit of practise.

This will knot and tie the thread to the needle so when you're sewing, it will not come apart.

We're ready for our next check for understanding now, so which arrow points to the eye of the needle? A, B, or C? Pause the video now and have a little think.

Welcome back.

So A, B, or C, which points to the eye of the needle? It is B.

Well done, everyone.

So we're ready for our next task now, Task B, threading a needle.

So follow these steps to thread the needle.

Do you remember them? Fold it in half, fold the thread in half.

Thread it, the loop, through the eye of the needle, pull it through a little bit.

And then finally use the needle and pull the end to make a little knot to attach the thread to the needle.

You might choose to work with a partner, they could help you to pull the thread through the eye of the needle.

Pause the video now and complete Task B.

Welcome back, everyone.

How did you get on? Have you all managed to thread your needles? Well done.

So, Izzy found it quite tricky, but she kept going.

She says, "I asked my friend to help me and she was able to pull the thread through the eye once I threaded it." So good teamwork there, Izzy.

Well done.

We're ready for our next part of our lesson, our third learning cycle, and this is called "Sewing a running stitch." This is again quite exciting now.

So this is an embroidery hoop and it holds the fabric very tight and will help you to practise sewing.

Now if you don't have an embroidery hoop, that is absolutely fine.

But this is a good way to practise.

If you practised at home, this might help you too.

If you're sewing by hand, you'll need these resources.

You'll need a sewing needle, whether it be plastic at this point or metal.

Some thread, preferably embroidery thread 'cause it's a bit thicker.

An embroidery hoop if you have one and some weave fabric.

Now weave fabric is a little bit thicker than other fabrics and therefore it's also got holes in it, so it'll help you with your sewing.

Some fabric tape or strong tape and scissors.

Laura says, "To sew, you need to sit on your chair with your work on the table in front of you." That's a very good point, Laura.

Well done.

And it's safe as well.

So when you start sewing, it's important to knot or tie the end of the thread so it doesn't pull through the hole.

Now your teacher might be able to help you to do this, but if you want to be more independent, one way of doing this is to use a piece of tape.

It could be a piece of masking tape, you'll need to check that it will stay attached to your material.

But thick, strong tape will work brilliantly.

So, to start off with, you put the tape on the first part of your sewing.

This will hold the thread in place.

The loose thread otherwise will pull through, and therefore when you get to the end of your sewing, you'll find it's all come apart again.

To start sewing, you need to find your starting point.

Now if you start in the middle, you'll find you'll run out of space.

If you're starting at the end of a piece of fabric, it's a bit easier.

So start at your starting point and you push a needle in from the back, from behind, from the back, to the front, okay? And then you leave a little piece of the thread as in the picture on show so you can then use a piece of tape to hold that down.

Then you continue to sew, threading the needle in and out of the fabric, just like with our shoelace and our cardboard.

To finish sewing, we finish exactly in the same way as we started, on the same side, so that we can put the tape on the same side.

It'll also make the front of your fabric look a lot tidier, a lot smarter.

And that way, by putting the tape on the back, we can then use a pair of scissors to carefully cut any of the extra thread.

Be careful that you don't pull the thread too much, so be really careful with your scissors and cut.

You might need an adult to help you if you get a bit stuck.

And then you leave a piece of the thread and tape it down, just like we did to start off with.

We're ready for our final task now, Task C.

And using a piece of fabric with holes in it, practise a running stitch.

Remember to tape the first and the last stitch.

Have lots of fun, I'll see you in a bit.

Welcome back, I hope you had a lot of fun sewing, brilliant.

Well, Izzy had a lot of fun too, and she practised her sewing and this is the back of Izzy's work.

And as you can see, she's taped the first stitch and the last stitch.

And then, if she turned it over, this is what she'd see at the front and it looks very tidy.

Well done, Izzy.

Brilliant sewing.

Have you noticed anything? Brilliant, yes, yours should look very similar as well.

So the thread goes in and out, in and out, in and out, and creates that pattern, well done.

We've reached the end of our lesson for today and I wonder if you can give me a thumbs up if you feel you've met these learning points.

When starting to sew, a needle has to be threaded.

Brilliant, well done.

Weave fabric is a good material to practise a running stitch.

And a running stitch is a good way to join fabric together.

Brilliant.

Well done, everyone.

I hope you had lots of fun.

See you soon, bye.