Fibres, yarns, fabrics and the construction techniques that determine performance.
These are the statements the Textiles and Design syllabus makes about Textile Properties and Construction. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.
Fibre properties and how they determine durability, comfort and care.
Seams, finishes and construction methods, and the technique that suits a fabric and purpose.
Fibre sources and properties, and why a blend often outperforms either fibre alone.
Woven, knitted and non-woven structures, and how structure determines stretch, drape and strength.
Colour application and functional finishes, and their effect on performance and environmental impact.
Abrasion, shrinkage, colourfastness and strength testing, and matching a test to a claimed property.
Care labelling, laundering and repair, and how construction choices determine useful life.
Performance and intelligent textiles, and the applications that justify their cost.
Checking seams, grain and fit, and the point at which a fault must be corrected rather than hidden.
Marker layout and cutting efficiency, and what a pattern's waste reveals about its design.
HSC Textiles and Design - Written Paper Shape is 40 marks in 90 minutes. Questions on Textile Properties and Construction are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Textiles and Design uses.
Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.
Textile Properties and Construction is module 2 of 3 in Textiles and Design. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses Textiles and Design dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.