Year 7 Textiles

What is Textiles?

• A material made from natural or synthetic fibres

• A wooden object

• Something made from only natural fibres

• Making tiles

Cotton and wool are natural fibres. Natural fibres originate from.....

• Factories

• Only plants

• Plants and animals

• Only animals

Synthetic ______ are man-made materials.

Move the following words into the correct category.

Groups:

(a) Natural Fibres (4)

,

(b) Synthetic Fibres (2)

• silk

• wool

• cotton

• plants or animals

• man-made

• coal

A joined up stitch good for outlines is called a......

• Cross stitch

• Running stitch

• I have a stitch

• Back stitch

This type of stitch has a gap between each stitch ....

• Running stitch

• Back stitch

• Cross stitch

• Blanket stitch

Which one of these is a 'running stitch'?

• 
• 
• 
• 

Match the following

• soft furnishings

• 
• needle

• 
• thread

• 
• sewing machine

• 
• fabric

• 

Embroidery is the technique of using a needle and thread to ......

• decorate using different stitches, such as the chain stitch

• glue something together

• sew on a button

• thread a needle

When you sew something, remember.....

• You only need to secure your first stitch

• You only need to secure your final stitch

• You must always secure your first and final stitches

• You don't need to secure any stitches