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4-H “Creative Touches” Project

Join the "Creative Touches" project to learn and apply decorating techniques on garments or accessories. Designed by Roberta O. Rios, this project covers design, embellishing techniques, and completing a project. Leaders will also gain insight into design principles, teaching methods, and community service ideas. Follow five steps to brainstorm ideas, gather information, visualize, plan, create, and evaluate your project. Learn about elements of design like color, balance, and harmony, and choose fabrics and materials wisely. Discover embellishing techniques such as applique, buttons, trims, and fabric painting. Get hands-on with fabric painting techniques using tools like sponges, brushes, and markers. Enhance your sewing skills and creativity with the "Creative Touches" project!

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4-H “Creative Touches” Project

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  1. 4-H “Creative Touches” Project A project for intermediate sewers. Members learn and apply decorating techniques on ready-to-wear garments, or accessories. Developed by Roberta O. Rios, Extension Agent – Home Economics. Rio Arriba County CES. June, 2003 Reference: “Creative Touches” 4H Project #7105. Glenda Belcher, Extension Home Economist. Curry County CES. 2001.

  2. What do members learn? • Design a garment or accessory. • Learn embellishing techniques. • Practice techniques. • Complete a project. • Evaluate finished project.

  3. What Leader’s will learn: • About basic principles in design, color, balance and harmony. • Practice designing and embellish a project. • About CT project goals and completion requirements. • Practice methods for teaching the project. • Brainstorm community service project ideas. • Become aware of related contests.

  4. Start with 5 easy steps Brainstorm for Ideas • Gather information • Visualize • Develop your plan • Create • Evaluate

  5. Elements of Design The goal is to design and create an item that will be attractive using: • Color • Balance • Harmony

  6. Choosing Fabric & Materials • Choose a fabric you like, and/or suggests a theme. • Coordinate other fabrics with 1st choice. • Categorize fabrics into groups (cute, fancy). • Choose fabrics that contrast each other. • Choose designs of different sizes, scale, types of patterns, etc.

  7. Choosing a Garment/Accessory • Examine the fabric. • Test for wearability. • Check the grain and construction. • Is it suitable for they way you plan to wear it? • Consider garment care.

  8. Embellishing Techniques • Applique • Buttons • Decorative Braid • Trims • Prairie Points • Yo-Yo’s • Ribbon Embroidery • Fabric Painting

  9. Fashion Blank Practice On Me!

  10. Fabric Painting - Techniques • Transfer a design onto fabric; paint. • Fuse a design to a garment; paint. • Computer graphics fused onto fabric.

  11. Fabric Painting - Tools • Sponges • Paint Brushes • Toothbrushes • Rubber stamps • Stencils • Natural products – leaves, vegetables. • Other supplies: Tracing paper/pencils #2 pencils Cardboard form

  12. Fabric Painting - Paints • Fabric Paints Dimensional Glitter Iridescent Slick • Permanent Markers • Acrylic Paints

  13. 4-H “Creative Touches” Project Thank you for coming!

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