Textile Revision 2014 Name AQA Design Technology Textiles

Textile Revision 2014 Name _________ AQA Design Technology - Textiles Preparation Sheet for the 2014 Exam To prepare for the design question in the written exam you should investigate the following: Theme: Fairground Context: A textile product suitable for a teenager. ; Using a range of textile techniques.

First Thoughts …… • • DESIGN CHECKLIST Remember~ You are designing a product suitable for a teenager – think about relevant annotation and detail. • Learn your design and annotation before you go into the exam. • Components and fabrics used • Colours to be used, properties of the fabrics • Style and shape of the product • Close up detail sections, front and back views • Names of the decorative techniques and how to complete them. • Use of theme - Fairground • Suitability to the end user • Seams, hems other construction techniques fasteners Style/shape Bag First thoughts on textile products for a teenager.

Create your mood board for the Fairground Theme for a product suitable for teenagers – to help you create your design ideas.

Doodle patterns and colours … Using your mood board create pattern repeats and motif ideas.

Decorative Techniques Create a mind map thinking about the different decorative techniques you could use in your design. Think about hand techniques and then how they could be done in industry Hand embroidery Cad/cam embroidery.

Draw your two design ideas here in pencil – they do not need to be in colour but they do need to be annotated - they are worth 6 marks each. Design A Design B You will need to practise drawing your designs with full annotation – to help you draw them without thinking in the exam this summer. Remember ~ A time guide is one mark = one minute.

• Final Design • Choose ONE of your design ideas for development. Is it Design A or Design B ? • • • Use sketches, labelling and notes to present a final design in colour for your textile product. Use this page and the next page to show your textile product in a presentation drawing. Marks will be given for the following – Use of the Fairground theme = 2 marks Use of range of fabrics & components = 3 marks Creativity & quality of the design = 4 marks Effective use of colour in the design = 2 marks Presentation of the final idea = 2 marks Total marks = 13 marks

Final design

• Processes. • Using Notes and diagrams explain how to complete one of the processes in your design. • Remember to list all the equipment and resources that you would need to use. • Applique is a good decorative technique to explain. • Make sure you specify techniques in your design that you are confident to explain. • Drawings are a good way to help lay out the process – don’t forget that you also need the notes. • If you do CAD/CAM Embroidery don’t forget the embroidery hoop, stitch and tear backing paper, software programme. • • Name of technique = Equipment and resources =