Textiles - Fashion Fundamentals
What's it all about?
Students develop their knowledge of how to design and the vocabulary and skills associated with the making of clothes. Students experience a range of techniques needed to produce garments. This then enables them to evaluate suitability of materials, techniques and design of products to suit the function.
What type of things will I do?
Hand sew, machine sewing and tie dying.
What will I learn?
Hand and machine sewing skills
Tie dying process to create clothing
Develop skills in making informed choices about the appropriateness of materials
Design of functional products
What are the possible pathways?
University and TAFE courses in Textiles, Fashion, Visual Merchandising.
YEAR | COURSES OFFERED |
YEAR 9 | Textiles – Fashion Fundamentals |
YEAR 10 | Fashion Textiles Textiles Design |
YEAR 11 - 12 | Product Design and Technology – Textiles VET Certificate II in Applied Fashion |
Why choose this subject?
I am interested in pursuing a career in Fashion Design or Design industries that use textiles as a medium.
I want to learn about surface embellishment.
I enjoy stencilling.
I want to learn how to sew and use a sewing machine.