Introduction to Home Textiles, areas of application, the planning, drawing and reproduction of the marker, the requirements of marker planning, efficiency of the marker plan, methods of marker planning and marker use. the spreading of the fabric to from a lay, the requirement of the spreading process. methods of spreading, the nature of fabric packages. the cutting of fabric: objectives of cutting, cutting machines: hand shears, straight knife, round knife, band knife etc.
Stitch, stitch types, sewing machine-parts and their function, sewing machine feed mechanisms, seam, seam types, seam finishes. Sewing machine needles: functions, parts, selection of sewing needle. Sewing threads: fibre type, construction, thread sizing and thread packages. Associated work aids of sewing machines.
Fullness: Definition, darts, tucks, pleats. flares, godets, gathers, shirrs and frills or ruffles. Placket finishes: Definition, classification continuous bound, bound and faced (two piece) plackets, zipper placket. tailored placket. Embroidery: Introduction, different types of embroidery stitches, different materials/ equipments used in embroidery, precautions during setting the fabric on embroidery frame, darning.
Patch Work: Definition, different styles of patchwork techniques such as pieced patchwork, shell patchwork, suffolk puffs, crazy patchwork, log cabin patchwork, strip patchwork, seminole patchwork, folded star patchwork, mayflower patchwork and pleated patchwork. Appliqué: Definition, various styles of appliqué techniques, standard appliqué, appliqué perse, reverse appliqué, padded appliqué, folded appliqué, shadow appliqué, lace appliqué Quilting: Definition, various styles of quilting, wadded quilting, padded quilting, corded quilting, shadow quilting.
Curtains: - Definition, various styles, choices of fabrics, calculating the amount of material needed, manufacturing steps of curtains. Bedspreads: Estimating yardage for a spread, bedspread types and its manufacturing: throw, flounced and tailored. Pillows: Types of pillows, knife-edge pillow, box-edge pillow, basic measurements, constructing a knife-edge pillow covers, tufting pillows, pillow shams, ruffled pillow, pillow sham with flat self-border, box-edge pillow cover: rectangular box-edge cover, boxed effect without boxing strip, circular box-edge cover, bolster and its covers: round bolster and wedge bolster.
After completion of the course student will be able to:
This subject is on page 20, 21, 22 of the original AKTU PDF.
