Textiles- A Journey in Sewing and Creating

Come explore the realm of Textiles

This hands-on course is designed to introduce you to the broader world of textiles and inspire your creativity in developing various projects.

Find time to learn to merge traditional textile techniques with non traditional to create your own projects using your imagination! 

Create with various projects encorporating the concept of REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE 

From skills learnt, research and create your own chosen project - this could be from bags, to pj pants, to skirts, to bucket hats. Your imagination, your way. (within reason :) )

Check out a general discription of what you will be tackling throughout this course:

Sewing Techniques: Acquire essential sewing and fabric manipulation skills for embedding electronic components seamlessly into textiles.

Understanding Textiles: Gain an understanding of textiles

Problem Solving: Develop the ability to troubleshoot and solve common issues encountered when working with the sewing machine

Creativity and Design: Think creatively to express your unique ideas and concepts.

Proposed Course Outline

Exploring Textiles 

What is Textiles?

Overview of materials and tools

Basics 

Introduction to the basics of the sewing machine, how it works and how we work it

Sewing Techniques 

Essential sewing skills 

Seams, hems, notions (buttons etc)

Fancy stitches

Creating

Sharing/Reflection/Feedback

Prerequisites: No previous experience with textiles or sewing is required, but basic familiarity with the sewing machine can be beneficial.