Lesson Planning

Find out about the mass production of printed cottons in the 18th Century; learn about the block printing technique and print your own fabric; learn about the craft of patchwork and design a patchwork block; evaluate your fabric block print.

Teaching Outcomes:

• Learn how hand block printing gave way to machine roller printing in the 18th century and how this led to mass produced printed cottons which became more affordable.
• Learn the craft of block printing through practise on paper and then print their own fabric rectangle using the foam print block they created last session.

Children will:

• Recap on their learning on block printing by doing a word puzzle.
• Discover how new inventions in roller printing enabled mass production of printed cottons in the 18th century.
• Learn the technique of block printing and print their own fabric using the foam print block they created last session.
• Learn how the craft of patchwork evolved as cotton prints became more affordable in the 18th century.
• Design a patchwork block using paper “fabric prints” and tessellating shapes.
• Discuss and evaluate their fabric block prints.