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What’s the definition of textiles?

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The study of fabrics & related industries.

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What are the materials related to textiles?

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Fibres, yarns & fabrics.

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Define fibre?

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The most basic part of fabric, often spun into yarn.

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Define fabric (what is it made from).

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Usually made from yarn or directly from fibres.

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What were the sources of the 2 earliest fabrics?

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Plant fibres & animal skin.

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What plants were used to make the earliest types of fibres?

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Flax.

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What’s the fibre called that comes from the flax plant?

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Linen.

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List the various ways fabric can be created.

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Knotting, twisting, weaving & knitting.

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How did the industrial revolution change the way fabrics were created?

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Instead of being made by hand and cottage-based, they were mass produced by machines inside factories.

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What was the main advantage of the industrial revolution to textiles?

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They could now be mass produced to supply the greater demand for fibres & yarns.

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How are fibres classified?

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Natural or synthetic.

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Name 2 natural bast fibres.

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Hemp & Ramie.

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What are the 2 main natural animal fibres?

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Wool & Silk.

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What else are animal fibres called?

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protein fibres.

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What are 2 other natural specialised animal fibres?

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Alpaca & Camel.

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Where do viscose, rayon & acetate come from?

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Natural cellulose fibres such as wood pulp.

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List 2 properties that make rayon & acetate attractive fibres.

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They’re very lustrous & have good draping qualities.

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List 3 synthetic fibres that derive from oil.

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Polyester, nylon & acrylic.

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List 1 unique property of synthetic fibres?

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Low moisture absorbancy & can be in a particular format.

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WHy do we blend fibres?

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To get advantages of both properties.

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What does the carding of fibres do?

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It lines up fibres/yarn for twisting.

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Once a fibre is carded, what’s the next stage?

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Spinning = Twisting into yarn.

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What are the 2 most common ways to turn yarn into fabric?

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Weaving & knitting.

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What are the 3 basic weaves?

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Plain weave, Twill weave & Satin weave.

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What are the 2 main types of knitting?
Weft & Warp knit.
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What does terating leather with tanninn do to the leather?
Makes it soft & wearable.
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What's done to wool fibres to create felt fibres & how?
Soap and water. It's then washed, rolled or flattened & then dried.
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How are synthetic fibres made?
Special liquids pass through a spinneret to tform yarn-like material.
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Give 1 property for wool.
Absorbent (heavy when wet).
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Give 1 property for nylon.
Highly flammable.
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Give 1 property for lycra.
Poorly absorbent.
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Name 3 recent fibres developed with new technology.
OPTIM, Spider silk & Chitosan.
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What are the advantages of OPTIM?
The fibre is softer, finer & has very good drape.
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What are the advantages of spider silk?
Very high strength.
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What are the advantages of chitosan?
It has biomedical applications.
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What are notches? (notion)
Triangle cutouts used to pattern pieces together.
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What are letters for? (notches)
To name the different pattern pieces & to indicate the correct direction of the pattern.
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What are broken & dotted lines for? (notches)
To indicate the centre line of a pattern piece specially in overlapped areas.
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What are grain line arrows for? (notions)
To indicate the direction in which a pattern must lay usually parallel to the selvedge.
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What are double parallel lines for? (notches)
To indicate lengthen or shorten your pattern here.
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What are solid lines for? (notches)
To indicate the cutting line & the placement of other pattern pieces.
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What are series of broken lines for? (notches)
To indicate the stitching line.
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What are dots for? (notches)
To indicate where sections of pattern must meet up with other pattern pieces.
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What are seam allowances for? (notches)
To indicate what the seam allowance should be if not at the standard of 1.5cm.
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Explain fast fashion.
The voluminous quantity of cheap & short-lasting textiles produced to keep up with the latest fashion trends.
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Identify one example of textile recycling in the booklet.
Using old billboards that would've otherwise gone to waste as material for making bags.
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What's the company called that that recycles billboards?
Haul
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Who's the designer responsible for the billboards?
Scott Kilmartin.
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What are the bags made from?
PVC vinyl & unique parts of the billboard.
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What article talks about Scott Kilmartin?
From billboards to bags.
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Which plant does linen come from? Which part.
Flax plant. The stem.
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What are natural fibers treated with chemicals called?
Regenerated cellulose.
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What are synthetic fibers made from? What's the resulting characteristic?
Oil. Low moisture absorbency.
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What makes a felted fabric unique?
Its fibres are compressed together with heat & pressure.
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What are bast fibres?
Fibres that come from the stem of a plant.
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What are protein fibres?
Fibres that come from animals.
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Why is leather treated with tannin?
To make it soft & wearable.
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What's chitosan made from?
Shells.
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What are the 3 basics of fast fashion?
Clothing is cheap It's not expected to be worn long It keeps up with fashion trends
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What do you need to remember when doing the design brief task?
Annotate everything, full render & make it sustainable plus unique.
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REVISE HOW TO CREATE AN OPEN SEAM IN 4 STEPS
REVISE HOW TO CREATE AN OPEN SEAM IN 4 STEPS.
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Define edge finishing
Treatments given to the raw edges of garments to make them look neat.
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What's the main reason for edge finishing?
To prevent the fabric from fraying.
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Define darts.
Folds made to create shape in a garment.
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What are darts?
Tucks coming to a point (fold).
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What's pressing (technique)?
Picking up an iron before moving it.
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What's the purpose of pressing?
To remove wrinkles that could distort the fabric when cut.
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Define staystitching.
A straight stitch sewn through one layer of fabric.
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What's the purpose of staystiching?
To prevent distortion around a curve.
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What's a centre line for?
To indicate where the centre of a garment is for later attachment to something else.
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Define specifications (design brief).
A list of what the product must be like in order to be successful within the brief.
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Define constraints (design brief).
Limitations in the design process imposed by internal and external factors.
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Define considerations (design brief).
Other aspects of design brief that must be thought about or considered.
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Define design brief.
A document that outlines the core details and expectations of a design project.
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What's interfacing?
Interfacing is an additional layer that is applied to fabric to create structure in a garment.
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What's fusion interfacing?
Interfacing which has tiny glue dots on the back which when melted by the heat of the iron bond the interfacing and fabric together.
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What's the name of the designer that takes old garments and transforms them?
Ellie Mucke
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What's Ellie Mucke's company called?
Mucke Mucke
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What are examples of transformations Mucke makes?
Tshirts into necklaces, men's shirts into children's clothes & dresses.

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