The children recreated the blue dress of the woman carrying
a basket in Renoir's painting. They first studied period
costumes, working with a historian from the Fashion
Museum in Bath.
The children experimented with dyeing fabric. They then
pinned and cut out the pattern, stitched all the pieces
together using a sewing machine and hand-stitched the
hem. They made the dress to fit one of the members of
staff who proudly wore it around school when it was
completed!
SCIENCE
