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What is embroidery?

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of British Clothing 1066 to Present Day Embroidery

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Objectives

History

  • Study an aspect or theme in British history (clothing) that extends childrens’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066.

Design and Technology

  • Build and apply a repertoire of knowledge, understanding and skills in order to design and make high quality prototypes and products.

Lesson Planning

Learn about crewelwork embroidery and how this was very fashionable in the 18th Century; learn backstitch embroidery; design a bag and embroider it in backstitch.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • Learn how embroidery has been used through the ages to decorate items of clothing.
  • Learn back stitch and embroider a crewelwork design.

Children will:

  • Learn what is meant by embroidery and how it has been used to decorate clothing through the ages.
  • Understand what is meant by crewelwork embroidery and how it was fashionable in the 18th century.
  • Learn to do back stitch embroidery.
  • Draw a design on a felt pattern piece and embroider it in back stitch.

You Will Need

  • Felt rectangles (30 x 23cm) 1 per child
  • About 20 skeins of 6 stand embroidery thread (e.g. Anchor or DMC) - 50cm in length
  • Fabric scissors
  • Fine tipped permanent markers
  • Embroidery needles
  • Plastic zip wallet for each child
  • 4cm strips cut from A4 card

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