My Mythical
Creature Sewing
Project Booklet
My Mythical Creature Sewing Project Booklet
Success Criteria
Aim: To design, make and evaluate a mythical creature out of fabric.
Can I...
Can I...
Can I...
Design
Design
Design
develop my own
design criteria?
aim the design criteria
at a target market?
prioritise the
most important
points from the
design criteria?
generate, develop, model
and communicate
my ideas through
discussion, annotated
sketches, cross-sectional
and exploded diagrams,
prototypes, pattern
pieces and computeraided design?
Make
Make
use at least two
different types
of stitches?
create an accurate
paper template?
measure and mark
a sewing and
cutting line?
Make
use a combination of
different stitches?
create accurate paper
templates for both
the outline shape and
the decoration?
demonstrate precision
when measuring
and cutting?
use backstitch?
create a simple pattern?
Evaluate
Evaluate
evaluate my ideas and
my mythical creature
against the design
criteria?
explain how good my
own mythical creature
is, listen to the views of
others and explain ways
I could make it better?
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Evaluate
evaluate my ideas
and my mythical
creature against my
own design criteria
and consider the
views of others to
improve my work?
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Design Criteria
Design Brief:
You are going to design and make your own mythical creature. It could be used as a prop
for storytelling, a character as part of a small world set-up for younger children or
another target audience that you think would be suitable.
Design Criteria:
You are going to write your own design criteria for your mythical creature.
Firstly, think about how the finished product will achieve these four main points:
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Does the product look good?
Does it meet the needs of the target market?
Does the product work?
How well is it designed and made?
Here is an example of a design criteria list:
My mythical creature will:
You may wish to include some of the
key vocabulary:
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aesthetics- How the product looks.
•have a fun and unique design;
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adornment- Something that adds
decoration.
•appeal to children reading
stories about
mythical creatures;
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decoration- Details that are
added to make something
look more attractive.
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functionality- How well the
product works.
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product- The result of an
action or process.
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quality- How well the product
has been made.
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specification- A detailed
description of the design used to
make something.
•include eye-catching and
contrasting colours;
•include some interesting
decoration;
•be well made with strong
stitching.
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Design Criteria
Aesthetics
Target Market
Quality
Functionality
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Design Research
Now it’s time to think about your overall design. Use books and the Internet to
research which mythical creature you will design and how you would like it to look.
Use this space to write any research notes and sketch out ideas that you may have.
Design Research
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Design Sketches
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Technical Knowledge
Learning Stitches
Running Stitch
Running stitch is a stitch
used to attach pieces or as
a decorative stitch.
Starting Off
To start your stitching, either tie a knot at the end
of your thread or sew a few small stitches on the
wrong side of the fabric.
Step 1
Begin the running stitch by pushing the threaded
needle up through the fabric (the stitch numbered
1 on the image).
Step 2
Push the needle back down through the fabric near
to where you came up (the stitch numbered 2 on
the image) and pull the thread down.
Before you finalise your design,
learn
and
practise
these
four stitches to use on your
mythical creature:
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running stitch
•
back stitch
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blanket stitch
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cross stitch
First, practise sewing each stitch
on the paper practise sheet on
page 10 of this booklet. Then, try
sewing the stitches on fabric.
Attach each sample of your
stitches to the piece of paper titled
Sewing Samples.
1
Step 3
2
Push your needle back up through the fabric,
leaving a space from the previous stitch. Then, push
the needle back down through the fabric again to
make a second stitch and continue to the end.
3
Finishing Off
When you have finished sewing, you will need to
finish off to stop your stitches from coming undone.
Bring the needle to the wrong side of the fabric and
secure the thread with two small stitches. On the
last stitch, as you pull through, push the needle
through the loop to create a knot. Cut off the left
over threads.
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If you want to add extra
decoration, you can add beads in
between the stitches:
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Technical Knowledge- Learning Stitches
Back Stitch
Back stitch is a strong stitch which is ideal to use for seams. It
can also be used as a decorative stitch.
Starting Off
To start your stitching, either tie a knot at the end of your thread
orsew a few small stitches on the wrong side of the fabric.
Step 1
The first three steps are the same as you did for the running stitch.
Begin the back stitch by pushing the threaded needle up through the
fabric (the stitch numbered 1 on the image).
Step 2
Push the needle back down through the fabric near to where you came
up and pull the thread down (the stitch numbered 2 on the image).
Step 3
Then, push your needle back up through the fabric, leaving a
spacefrom the previous stitch (the stitch numbered 3 on the image).
Step 4
Then, rather than sewing on as you did with running stitch, go
back a space and fill in the gap, by sewing back down into the
stitch numbered 4 on the image.
Step 5
Push your needle back up through the fabric, leaving a space from
the previous stitch (the stitch numbered 5 on the image).
Continue to repeat steps 4 and 5 for the following stitches.
Finishing Off
When you have finished sewing, you will need to finish off to stop
your stitches from coming undone. Bring the needle to the wrong
side of the fabric and secure the thread with two small stitches. On
the last stitch, as you pull through, push the needle through the
loop to create a knot. Cut off the threads.
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Blanket Stitch
Blanket stitch can be used to neaten up edges or as a
decorative stitch.
Starting Off
To start your stitching, either tie a knot at the end of your thread
orsew a few small stitches on the wrong side of the fabric.
Step 1
Begin the blanket stitch by pushing the threaded needle up through
the fabric (the stitch numbered 1 on the image).
Step 2
Imagine a diagonal line from stitch one, then push the needle back
down this hole (the stitch numbered 2 on the image) but take care
not to pull the thread through yet.
Step 3
Then, push your needle back up through the fabric, in a hole just
underneath your last stitch (the stitch numbered 3 on the image).
Step 4
Carefully, pull the needle, keeping the loop of thread underneath.
This will make a backwards ‘L’, which is the blanket stitch.
Step 5
Then, push your needle back up through the fabric, repeating steps
2 to 5 for the following stitches.
Finishing Off
When you have finished sewing, you will need to finish off to stop
your stitches from coming undone. Bring the needle to the wrong
side of the fabric and secure the thread with two small stitches. On
the last stitch, as you pull through, push the needle through the
loop to create a knot. Cut off the threads.
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Cross Stitch
Cross stitch is a decorative stitch that is made up of little
crosses. It can be sewed in a continuous line of little crosses or
individually.
Starting Off
To start your stitching, either tie a knot at the end of your thread
or sew a few small stitches on the wrong side of the fabric.
Cross Stitch - Continuous Line
Step 1
Begin the cross stitch by creating a set of diagonal stitches. Push
the threaded needle up through the fabric (the stitch numbered 1
on the image).
Step 2
Imagine a diagonal line from stitch 1, going from bottom left to
top right, then push the needle back down this hole (the stitch
numbered 2 on the image) and pull the thread through.
Step 3
Keep repeating steps 1 and 2 until your diagonal stitches are the
length that you want (the stitches numbered to 8 in the image).
Step 4
Then, push the needle back up through a hole below the last stitch
(the stitch numbered 9 in the image).
Step 5
Imagine a diagonal line going from bottom right to top left this
time and push the needle down through the hole (stitch numbered
10 on the image).
Step 6
Push up the needle through the hole that has already been stitched
below (stitch number 11 on the image) and repeat steps 5 and 6
until all of the diagonal stitches have been ‘crossed’.
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Technical Knowledge- Learning Stitches
Cross Stitch - single Cross Stitch
To do decorative features such as eyes, use this single cross
stitch method.
Step 1
Push the threaded needle up through the fabric (the stitch numbered
1 on the image).
Step 2
Imagine a diagonal line from stitch 1, going from bottom left to
top right, then push the needle back down this hole (the stitch
numbered 2 on the image) and pull the thread through.
Step 3
Then push the needle back up through a hole below the last stitch
(the stitch numbered 3 in the image).
Finishing Off
When you have finished sewing, you will need to finish off to
stop your stitches from coming undone. Bring the needle to the
wrong side of the fabric and secure the thread with two small
stitches. On the last stitch, as you pull through, push the needle
through the loop to create a knot. Cut off the threads.
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Sewing Skills - Practice
Using these sheets, follow the dots and numbers and practise each stitch before you try
them on fabric.
Cut each stitch practice card out so that you can practise the individual stitch.
Running Stitch
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Back Stitch
1
2
3
5
6
7
8
9
10
4
Blanket Stitch
1
2
4
6
8
10
12
3
5
7
9
11
13
Cross Stitch
20
1
Continuous
2(18) 4(16)
3 (19)
5(17)
Single
6(14) 8(12)
7(15)
10
9(13)
11
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2
1
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Sewing Skills
Evaluate how you did today.
My Sewing Samples:
(Attach your sewing samples here)
Which sewing skills have you learnt?
What did you find easy?
What did you find hard?
What skill would you like to master before making your final product?
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Final Design
Using your design research notes and sketches, draw out your final design for your
mythical creature below.
Example of materials needed:
Remember to draw or label your
design so that you include:
• stitches used
• decoration
• materials that you will need
(such as stuffing, fabric and thread)
Materials needed:
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Make - Template
Making and using a template out of squared paper is the best way to approach a
sewing project.
You will need to make a template for the back and the front of your mythical creature.
Templates can be called patterns and they are a guide to help you cut out a piece of fabric
of the correct size and shape.
Templates are used because they:
• reduce your material costs and fabric waste, as you find the most efficient use of fabric
by laying the template onto it;
• help you to measure accurately onto squared paper, rather than measuring directly
onto a piece of fabric;
• can be reused at a later time, meaning you’ll be able to reproduce the same thing in
the same size again.
An example of a template:
Use the squared paper on the next page to
make your template and attach it here:
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Finished Product
Add your sewn and finished mythical creature (or a photo of it) here:
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Evaluate
Evaluate your finished product.
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Does the product look good?
Does it meet the needs of the target market?
Does the product work?
How well is it designed and made?
Look at your design criteria and decide what went well and be honest about anything
that could be improved next time.
Peer Evaluation:
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