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=Textiles In Our Daily Lives media type="custom" key="5477537" width="269" height="244" align="left"=



= = =.= . =Textile Materia l  = . =Textile Tools  =
 * Tools specific to textiles include:**
 * Dressmaker's chalk, marking pens and pencils
 * Dressmaker's model
 * Sewing machine
 * Overlocker
 * Pins [[image:chalk.jpg width="96" height="69" align="right" caption="dressmakers chalk"]]
 * Dressmaker's shears/scissors
 * Thimble
 * Unpicker
 * Needle and Thread
 * Iron
 * Embroidery hoop [[image:model.jpg width="71" height="134" align="right" caption="dressmakers model"]]
 * Tape measure
 * Ironing board

**Find the tool most suited to each of the following tasks:**
 * 1) Marking a stitching line on an unusually shaped cushion - Dressmakers chalk
 * 2) Cutting an embroidery thread - dressmakers scissors
 * 3) Hand-sewing a button to a shirt - Hand sewing needle
 * 4) Unpicking stitches sewn in the incorrect position - Unpicker
 * 5) Holding 2 pieces of fabric together while you are sewing - Pins [[image:scissors.jpg width="76" height="148" align="right" caption="dressmakers shears/scissors"]]

=Fabric Decoration Techniques = =Fabric Decoration Techniques - Experiments =
 * 1) Applique - ornamentation, as a cutout design, that is sewn on to or otherwise applied to a piece of material.
 * 2) Blanket Stitch - a basic sewing stitch in which widely spaced, interlocking loops, or purls, are formed, used for cutwork, as a decorative finish for edges, etc.
 * 3) Lazy Daisy - long chain stitches arranged in flower patterns.
 * 4) Fabric Crayons - crayons that may be used on fabrics but are machine washable and ironable and will not run.
 * 5) Running Stitch - a sewing stitch made by passing the needle in and out repeatedly with short, even stitches.
 * 6) Chain Stitch - a kind of ornamental hand stitching in which each stitch forms a loop through the forward end of the next. [[image:overlocker.jpg width="128" height="102" align="right" caption="Overlocker"]]
 * 7) Buttonhole Stitch - a looped stitch used to strengthen the edge of material and keep it from raveling, as around a buttonhole.
 * 8) Stem/Rope Stitch - (in embroidery) a stitch formed from the entwining of stitches.
 * 9) Tie Die - a process of hand-dyeing fabric, in which sections of the fabric are tightly bound, as with thread, to resist the dye solution, thereby producing a variegated pattern.

this design give a really good background effect. it is fun to do and is very interesting. i think it would be a good design to use as one of my techniques on my pillow. it would make a good background. if i did this on my pillow i think it would add character to the product. if i choose this technique i would perform it in a processed blue so that it would fit into the colour scheme of my bedroom. i would also tie it differently to give it a different effect.
 * TIE DYE:**



this design is appliqued onto the material and to give it some character i experimented with the blanket stitch. this design is simple and easy yet effective. i think that this design is a very good possibility and technique to us on my pillow.
 * APPLIQUE/BLANKET STITCH:**



This design uses fabric crayons, tie dye, applique and the zig zag stitch. all the techniques were experimented together to make one idea and possibility that i could use on my pillow. i really liked this idea and have decided to use it in one of my designs.
 * DESIGN WITH VARIOUS TECHNIQUES:[[image:unpicker.jpg width="112" height="78" align="right" caption="Unpicker"]]**

=Site Analysis= ​ This is my bedroom area which i have chosen to design my pillow for. As you can see the colour scheme is mainly different shades of blue. in order for my pillow to be successful i need to design it in similar colours and shades. in the picture below you can also see how all of the smaller pillows are the same size. for my pillow i plan to sew it to be approx. the same size. if you look in to the picture you can see all the different patterns on each of the pillows. i will probably consider this when designing my pillow. over all i think that my chosen site will be relatively easy to design a pillow for. it will make it fun for me as well, because the site has one of my favourite colours and because i am designing it for myself so i can include all my favourite things