Fashion Dec 15 - 19

Last week until Christmas.....

Monday - reminder that you need to have your fabric and supplies at school today.  PLEASE PREWASH - we will start talking about patterns and symbols and will hopefully pin and even cut out

Tuesday - Test on textiles - this is everything we did last week.....fibre characteristics, natural and synthetic fibres, yarns, fabric construction and laundry symbols

Wednesday - Friday.....Sewing

TEST INFO:

The test is out of 56 marks

Knowledge and Understanding  = 20 marks....10 M/C, 10 True false
Application = 13 marks,  Laundry symbols and identifying fabric
Thinking = 17 marks...filling in a chart on fibres
Communication = 6 marks...vocabulary (choose 3 terms to define)

Final Evaluation Information

HNC 30 Final Evaluation

Final evaluation Due: ___________

Your final evaluation covers major concepts learned during the course. There are TWO parts that must be completed and together they account for 15% of your final mark. The final exam counts for the other 15%

PART 1 SEWING SKILLS: Completion of a garment

Using the sewing skills you learned throughout the year you will construct a garment. We will all be sewing sleep pants (PJs),
You are responsible for purchasing: save the receipt
• a pattern
• material - please choose a woven cotton material NO KNITS AND
  NO SLIPPERY FABRIC
• elastic - half inch size
• thread
• You need to have everything at school by ____________________

Please prewash and iron your fabric

If you are not able to purchase supplies You may speak with Mrs Smith and she can provide you with $$ to purchase materials

PART 2 WRITTEN COMPONENT

For this portion of the evaluation you should use your notes to help you answer the questions. Please write in complete sentences and explain your answer fully. One word answers are not sufficient.

a) Choose 2 elements of design and 2 principles of design to define and explain how they contribute to your garment

b) How does your garment express your personality?
c) What is the total cost of your garment. Include the cost of the fabric, pattern, thread and elastic. Is your garment cheaper to sew or purchase ready made? What are the advantages and disadvantages of sewing your own garment?

d) What is the fibre content of your garment? How will you care for it? Design an appropriate care label for this garment

Fashion Dec 8 - 12

Another really busy week1

THERE ARE STILL SOME WHO HAVE NOT HANDED IN THEIR DESIGN PORTFOLIO OR SKETCH ASSIGNMENT!  ENSURE YOU DO THAT ASAP

Monday - Natural Fibres

Tuesday - Jennifer Timerstra-Johnston visits to explain the upcoming Blyth 14/19 Fashion Arts Project

Wednesday - Synthetic Fibres and Fabric construction

Thursday - Fabric Construction

Friday - Laundry Symbols and cleaning

TEST NEXT TUESDAY ON TEXTILES

Fashion Dec 1 - 5

WOW - IT IS DECEMBER.....

Last week was a blur with the Junk to Funk Sale - it was a huge success!  We made almost $200 and lots of people got some great deals.

This week is busy too - Your portfolio is due Monday - you should have all your pages finished.  Follow the assignment sheet stapled inside the role folder.

Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday  : You will be deciding on your own "line" of clothing and designing it - putting into practice the elements and principles of design that you learned over the past couple of weeks

Thursday - Friday - we start learning about textiles  ...natural  and synthetic fibres,  (cotton, linen, polyester, etc)  ....and clothing care.

We also need to start thinking about your final evaluation....I will have the info sheet so you can organize a shopping trip to purchase fabric.

Fashion test info

Please note that the info for your test is also written on the front board in the classroom.

There are 15 multiple choice questions and the remainder are short answer questions (written on foolscap in complete sentences).  The test is out of 34 marks.

You will need to review the decades of fashion we looked at and remember the questions in the Kahoot review yesterday.

HINT:   Sumptuary laws were passed by Royalty....telling people what to wear.  Only royalty were allowed to wear the colour purple.

Below is a review slide show

Fashion Nov 17 - Nov 21

Hold on for a busy week.....

Monday - Artist Ruth Anne Merner joins us for our jewelry making workshop.  Remember your blow-dryer

Tuesday - A quick 10 minute test review on Kahoot followed by the remainder of the jewelry workshop.

Wednesday - you need to finish your 1 page summary of your decade (use APA style of referencing) and then continue with your colour schemes in your portfolio project.

Thursday - test.....first 30 - 35 minutes.  Then you will go( as soon as you are done) with Miss Carter to do an interest inventory.  When you finish with her come back to 109 to continue working on your portfolio

Friday - portfolio project....by the end of today - you should be finished colour, line and texture.

Fashion Nov 10 - 14

Hold on...it is a busy week!

Monday - work period to finish up decades presentation.  I visit my friend Marion and have borrowed some antique clothes for you to try on.  I also am bringing quite a few clothes from my own collection.  We will need a couple guys to model 2 suits I have.

Tuesday - Remembrance Day - First 1/2 of the period I have arranged for my parents to come in to talk to you.  My Mom was a child in Holland during the Second World War, and she will talk about her experiences.  She will also give you the inside scoop in the dresses from the 50s you tried on last Thursday. Second 1/2 of the class....finish presentations and start to share with class.  Mr Yates' class will join us for the first 1/2 of the class.

Wednesday - Decades Presentations.....we have to get everyone finished as we have a busy Thursday and Friday.

Thursday - Elements and Principles of Design - an intro to what elements and principles are and we will focus on colour today.

Friday - Colour collage.....Junk to Funk project.  We need to finish up a collage project so I can scan it and send it to an artist who will come in Monday and Tuesday to create jewelry with you

Looking ahead to next week.....Monday and Tuesday.....art/jewelry workshop.  BRING A BLOWDRYER please

Fashion Nov 3 - 7

Time is flying - it is November already!  Here is a look at the upcoming week...

Monday - history of fashion - overview in a slide show, look at assignment in detail - start to work on your chosen time period

Tuesday - As a group we will evaluate the first displays for the Junk 2Funk sale.  We will use the criteria you created for a rubric.  The remainder of the period is a work class for the history project

Wednesday - Tira Wooton  from  Exeter's LUVU beauty store visits

Thursday - work period for history decade and create new displays for Junk 2 Funk

Friday - PD DAY

Fashion Oct 20 - 24

Monday - I am away again today at a Safe Food Handling Course - you will be with Mr Crewsdon today and working on an iMovie trailer to sent to the announcements.

Tuesday - Today we will discuss Marketing/Visual merchandising and continue with the projects we are working on....we do have to clean up and fold the clothes we have - our room is starting to look like my daughter's room....and that is not a good thing!

Wednesday - I have a quick video to show you and then some questions on school climate....then we will continue with either the sewing form last week or your iMovie presentations

Thursday - Unfortunately I am away against Cross Country, so you will have work to do with Mr Crewsdon - related to Junk to Funk

Friday - a catch up day to finish up all outstanding projects, sewing or otherwise

REMINDER....BRING PERMISSION FORM FOR NEXT TUESDAY"S FIELD TRIP TO TORONTO

Test Next week as well....sewing and merchandising/marketing

Fashion October 13 - 17

I hope you had a fabulous holiday weekend - it seemed to zoom by.  Here is a look at our upcoming week - as always the schedule is subject to change

Monday - Thanksgiving

Tuesday - Sewing - I hope that everyone is well on their way to finishing their pillowcase today.  All seam samples should be handed in

Wednesday - last sewing day for now...if you are not done, you need to come in at lunch to finish up.

Thursday - I hope to work on 2 projects at once for the next few weeks - the first one is our gently used clothing sale and the second is a collaboration with Mr Yates - a historical fashion resource - we will focus on the different war years  and our class will look at the fashions of the time periods and his class will look at the war efforts.  I am not at school today as it is Huron Perth Cross Country and I am away with the Cross Country team

Friday - work period for those two projects

Fashion Oct 6-10

Last week we focused on our inquiry project and you collected your data and presented.  WE have one group left to present this week. We also started thinking about our fashion merchandising and marketing project - the clothes sale.

Monday - Friday this week will be spent at the sewing machines.  You will learn to thread the machine, spin a bobbin, create a stitch sample and then do 4 seam samples with different edge finishes.  We will then create a pillow case each.

Remember to get your permission forms in for our Oct 28 trip to Toronto.  Cost is $60 and that includes your bus fee plus entrance into the Bata Shoe museum and the ROM
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Fashion Sept 22 - 26

Welcome to officially to fall.  As I write this post the temperature is falling and tomorrow is to be quite a cool day.  Here is a quick look at our upcoming week:

Monday - we start our research unit

Tuesday - test....details are as follows:
-Knowledge and Understanding = 12 marks.....all multiple choice
-Application = 10 marks....short answers
 - Thinking and Inquiry - 16 marks....short answers, I will provide 2 advertisements for you to look at the answer the questions
-Communication = 9 marks , short answers

You are required to write in complete sentences!

Wednesday we continue with your research project
Thursday - I am hoping you have your data collected and numbers crunched and are putting the finishing touches on your presentations

Friday...PD Day...enjoy an early start to your weekend!

Fashion Sept 15 - 19

I hope you had a weekend that was better than the weather - fall seems to be here.  It is amazing how many people I saw this weekend with boots on.

Last week we discussed culture and clothing to continue answering the question - "why do we dress the way we do"

This week we will loo at the influence of media and advertising on our clothing preferences.

Monday and Tuesday we will watch the movie "Missrepresentation" and look at how women are portrayed in media and in fashion.  Then we will begin our inquiry project.

I will be away on Thursday for Cross Country in London and Mrs Greidanus will be with you.

WELCOME BACK for SEPTEMBER 2014

I hope you have had a fabulous summer and are ready for the fall to begin!

This is the place where you will find information about me, our course, and assignments.  We will be moving more and more to using iPads and digital resources so you should reacquaint your self with your google ed account so we can share things in google docs.  If you have forgotten your address, I can access that information at the Learning Resources Centre

Enjoy the last long weekend of the summer..See you Tuesday

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