Assessing weather damage and making stitches

session 8 1:3:15 - 29

 

After a weekend of weather the children brought their samples in from outside.

We discussed the effects of the weather on them:

Charlie’s was a wee bit dirty…

Michael’s had blown into muck …

Ella’s was found on the fence..

Edvinas’ was lying on the ground…

Jack’s was stuck to the wall….

Another’s had blown to Mrs O’Sullivan’s door…

5 samples were lost altogether to the weather!

We recorded the changes to our samples by drawing them.

Some edges were badly frayed.
Some edges were badly frayed. 
Some samples rolled or curled up..
Some samples rolled or curled up..
some samples were tired looking and the surfaces were peeling off.
some samples were tired looking and the surfaces were peeling off.

session 8 1:3:15 - 31

session 8 1:3:15 - 30       session 8 1:3:15 - 05

This sample was creased and the lines and patterns recorded carefully.
This sample was creased and the lines and patterns recorded carefully.

 

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session 8 1:3:15 - 11

 

All this weathering made us look closer and closer…

next we discussed the results of trying to join the samples by using tape.

The children reported back that the strongest tape seemed to be the black duck tape. The next strongest was the double sided tape and the masking tape was no good for the job at all! We realised that the making tape was meant to be only TEMPORARY!

Our task now was to try and join samples by sewing.

We would need a needle and thread and possibly a thimble....
We would need a needle and thread and possibly a thimble….

The children sought out examples of stitching on the clothes they were wearing. In fact they found stitches on sleeves, cuffs waistbands belt loops and on their shoes! They said they found hundreds and millions of stitches… they went in and out, in and out of the material.

The children said “real stitches” were

carefully done

nice and straight

had a lovely pattern

One child said they had bought  some clothes in Newry and the stitching was higgledy piggeldy and came undone and so the clothes had to be taken back.

So the children tried the stitches of their own…..

session 8 1:3:15 - 35   P2-3ec 234

P2-3ec 235   P2-3ec 238

P2-3ec 241     P2-3ec 243

P2-3ec 250    P2-3ec 244

P2-3ec 240

session 8 1:3:15 - 37

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session 8 1:3:15 - 14

 

 

Look at the great results!

 

P2-3ec 245   P2-3ec 254

P2-3ec 252   P2-3ec 251

session 8 1:3:15 - 26   session 8 1:3:15 - 28     session 8 1:3:15 - 25

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session 8 1:3:15 - 27   session 8 1:3:15 - 23    session 8 1:3:15 - 22

session 8 1:3:15 - 21    session 8 1:3:15 - 19

session 8 1:3:15 - 20       session 8 1:3:15 - 32

 

 

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