Creating templates for fabric from drawings
I can create my own templates from a drawing
Creating templates for fabric from drawings
I can create my own templates from a drawing
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Templates can be used to cut the right size and shape of fabric for appliqué.
- To avoid wasting fabric, an artist can pin templates to the edge of the fabric.
- Pinning the template to fabric helps keep it in place while the artist traces or cuts around it.
Keywords
Appliqué - where pieces of fabric are cut into shapes and then sewn onto another fabric
Template - a shape or pattern you can trace around
Trace - to copy the shape or outline of something by drawing around it
Common misconception
Templates do not need to be pinned to fabric.
Remind children that pinning before cutting allows you to adjust the placement of your templates.
To help you plan your year 6 art and design lesson on: Creating templates for fabric from drawings, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 6 art and design lesson on: Creating templates for fabric from drawings, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
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Equipment
scissors, felt scraps, larger felt backing, pins, tracing paper, PVA glue, glue spreaders, designs from previous lesson
Licence
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
A technique of decorating fabric
A textile scene often depicting conflict
Art that advocates for social change
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
A shape or pattern you can trace around.
Pieces of fabric cut into shapes and sewn onto another fabric.
To copy the shape or outline of something by drawing around it.
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