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What do you basically do in Textile GCSE?

Hii so BASICALLY i kinda just chose textiles for GCSE cos Art is too time consuming since i am doing TRIPE SCIENCE so I kinda dont know like... What I know is that you have to make some dress or something like that I am dont really design dresses like that (even though I once had a dream to be a fashion designer...) but anyway help a person out yallllll
Original post by Ch1za
Hii so BASICALLY i kinda just chose textiles for GCSE cos Art is too time consuming since i am doing TRIPE SCIENCE so I kinda dont know like... What I know is that you have to make some dress or something like that I am dont really design dresses like that (even though I once had a dream to be a fashion designer...) but anyway help a person out yallllll

Eeeeek you were wrong in thinking textiles isn't time consuming. I think on average people spend more time in textiles....

But if you love it, it shouldn't matter! Uf you are doing textiles as part of art not DT on aqa, its very open. It's more about textiles design and you create a portfolio and finished peice (dress, skirt, pillow case, just art, anything) as part of your coursework. Then you have a breif set by the exam board which you have a couple months to make a book for, and then you have 2 full days (10hr exam) to finish the whole project. Don't hold me to this, i dont fully understand it myself, but there is only coursework but they are big projects. You are expected to do around 2hrs each week but most people spend 4 hrs (I spend most my weekend....)

Anyway, that may not be fully accurate, but I would advise looking on your exam boards website if you wanted exact details on the projects :biggrin: This is the general vibe though!!

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