Year 9 Textiles students recently had their own taste of home renovating TV show My House Rules when they took part in a bedroom makeover competition on Tuesday 28 August. They were divided into groups of three or four and given the task of coming up with an agreed theme for a bedroom makeover. They then had to make a minimum of one textile item each that adhered to that theme.
It was wonderful to see the wide repertoire of skills that the students learnt while completing this task. The items were varied as students produced buntings, bean bags, wall hangings, cushions, patchwork quilts, rugs and even hand-stitched embroidery items.
Here is a student reflection on the project:
I made the bean bag and the blue cushion with the word 'love' embroidered on to it, using pink wool and chain stitch. Olivia Savini (Year 9 Gold) made the pom pom wall hanging on a denim piece of fabric, with dark blue wool hand stitching used to decorate it. Ellen McDonald (Year 9 Bronze) made the quilt. She used four different pastel patterned fabrics. They were cut into squares and then sewn together in a specific pattern. She used a plain white fabric to back the quilt as well as for the border. Abbey Wheeler (Year 9 Silver) made the macrame wall piece, with dark blue dye used to colour the string ends. She also made the small purple cushion with a feather photo transfer patch design attached. — Tiana King (Year 9 Jade)
