E-Textiles Snail Tutorial

The steps below shows you how to create an initial, textile model of a snail; with the intention of developing the design with the introduction of E-Textiles (Electronic Textiles).

To create a textile snail, you will need:

• Your choice of material.
• The electronics paper template.
• Embroidery scissors.
• Paper scissors.
• An unpicker.
• A pencil.
• The snail pattern.
• Tailor’s chalk.
• Pins.
• Thread.
• A Bobbin.

Cut out the pattern pieces.

Pin the paper templates to your chosen fabric and cut out.

You should have:

• Snail antenna parts (x4)
• Snail stalk parts (x2)
• Snail body parts (x2)
• Snail shell parts (x2)

Pin the shell to the body. Sew the pieces together.

*Top Tip: Remember to reverse the direction of your stitching.

Repeat step 5 for the other side.

Draw the swirl of the snail’s shell using Tailor’s chalk

Follow this line with stitching.

*Top Tip: Remember to reverse the direction of your stitching.

These are how the electronic components will fit in the snail.

Pin the two snail pieces together and sew all around the whole product.

*Top Tip: Remember to reverse the direction of your stitching.

Sew the snail stalks to the snail body. Sew the eyes to the stalks.

*Top Tip: Remember to reverse the direction of your stitching.

You have successfully created a textile snail.