Year 9 Textiles students have successfully responded to a brief in their own version of a My House Rules competition, with the students divided up into groups. They were asked to meet the following brief: Your best friend has just signed the lease with three other people for a studio apartment in Lilydale. As she does not have much money her room is bare. She has asked you to style her bedroom. With little money to spend on styling, she has asked you to help her as you have great textiles skills.
Each group came up with a unique theme and then worked together to decide on individual items to be made. This semester we had the themes of ‘Let's Get Fruity’, ‘Rustic Neutral’ and ‘Pinks/Greys’.
Brooke Shandley wrote the following about her team’s makeover, which was named best overall by our guest judges:
"Everyone in our group contributed something that turned out amazing. I believe that our group had an even spread of quality and quantity, which turned out very well. Chantelle made the lemon plush toy and the dreamcatcher. She put in a lot of effort and they both turned out incredibly well. Emma made the rectangle scattered watermelon pillow and the bunting. Emma put a lot of heart into her pieces and they turned out even better than what was expected. Jaimee made the two fruity pillows, and she really put her own touch into her works which made them unique. Emma and Jaimee together made the blanket, which added a nice touch to the display. I made the detailed watermelon pillow which took more time than expected to finish. I put in so much effort to make it the best that I could. The group as a whole did such an amazing job."
