This badge bit (BB) is part of the
PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the iron badge in
textiles.
In this project, you will make winter drapes starting with raw wool fiber.
Minimum requirements:
- Plant the seed: animal feed seed for sheep or another insulative fiber animal
- Harvest the animal material that came from those seeds
- Process that material into yarn and fabric
- Construction technique must be appropriate for the project
- Drapes must be made of sheep's wool or another insulative animal fiber
- Total width must be at least 10 feet
- Can be for multiple windows
To document completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pics or video (< 4 min):
- The seeds you are planting
- The plants growing or animals eating the plants
- Harvesting the plant or animal material or hide
- Processing the material into yarn/thread
- Making the yarn/thread
- Making the fabric
- Making the drapes
- Your completed and hung drapes (perhaps with a tape measure showing total width)
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