Sewing

Year 3 have been developing their sewing skills as part of their exciting textile project, and the progress has been fantastic to see.
Earlier in the unit, the children learned how to use templates carefully to cut out fruit shapes from fabric. They then revisited and honed their running stitch skills — first introduced in Key Stage 1 — to add decorative details to their fruit pieces. It was wonderful to see how much their control and confidence have grown since first learning this stitch.
After practising these skills, the children moved on to designing their own fruit creations, again using templates to ensure accuracy when cutting their shapes. This gave them the opportunity to combine creativity with precision.
In today’s lesson, the class began assembling their textile fruit collage masterpiece. Using their running stitch, they carefully attached two pieces of material together to build the foundations of their final piece.
The children worked exceptionally well, showing great perseverance and resilience. Threading needles, tying knots and managing fabric can be tricky, and there were moments of frustration when things did not go to plan — but the children kept going, supported one another and problem-solved brilliantly.
I cannot wait to see what the finished pieces look like — if today’s effort is anything to go by, they are going to be spectacular!