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African textiles
Visit nowLots of images to support the teaching of meaning behind textile images/stories.
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Design your own Tartan
Visit nowA super interactive Tartan designer. Easy to use and creates a nice sample for you too! Great for topics on Scottish culture, Katie Morag or design work in textiles.
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Screenprinting movie
Visit nowBBC footage showing the process of screen printing a design on to a t-shirt. The creation of the screen is shown, followed by the manual method of using a squeegie to press ink through the screen and on to the t-shirt.
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Textile collage movie
Visit nowCutting and tearing different materials to make a 2D collage bird. BBC footage.
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What's my tartan
Visit nowWorks in partnership with the tartan design site. An example tartan is shown for common Scottish names.
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