Home Textiles (Practical)

Paper Code: 
GPM 503
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to -

  1. Conduct a market survey in terms of fabrics, trims and price.
  2. Develop a professional approach towards home furnishing designing.

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

  Learning outcomes

  (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

COURSE CODE

Course Title

GPM 503

Home Textiles

(Practical)

 

The students will be able to –

 

CO 61.Analyze the various types of material, fabric and trim for the home furnishing.

CO 62. Demonstrate the various construction techniques of home furnishings.

CO 63. Perform visual research for application of elements in the context of traditional textiles.

CO 64.Construct home furnishing products with application of value addition.

Approach in teaching: Demonstration, Power point presentations, Relevant videos, Market visit.

 

Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Market visit report, Product development

Class test, Portfolio evaluation, Product evaluation, Semester end examinations

 

CONTENTS

I: Identification of home furnishing:sourcing of material, fabric and trimmings.                                                                                           05hrs

 

II: Develop sample of value addition such as:quilting, patchwork, embroidery, tie-dye, block printing, stencil printing, hand painting etc. (size 10 × 10)     06 hrs

 

III. Illustrate and develop at least 6 design patterns (specify motifs, layout, type of fabric, colour combination etc) for the following home furnishing articles:                                                                            30hrs

  • Cushion Covers
  • Bed Spreads with Pillow Covers
  • Table Covers / Table Runners
  • Curtain
  • Wall Panel
  • Kitchen linen- Apron,gloves

Construct one product of the above selected design in each category for home furnishing with application of value addition.

                                   

IV: Prepare scrapbook for the traditional textiles of various states of India-:                                                                                              04 hrs

  • Woven
  • Dyed &printed
  • Embroidered

 

 

 

GPM-503 Home Textiles

Continuous Assessment

Distribution of Marks (Practical Record/Submission)

Semester End Exam

Component

Marks

Component                                      

Marks

Component

Marks

Classroom Submission

10

Sourcing of material, fabrics and trimmings and creating pattern of prints

05

 

Designing

     25

Practical Record

10

Construction

 40

Test

05

Construction with value addition for various home textiles

10

Viva Voce

05

Attendance

05

Scrapbook for the traditional textiles of India

05

Total

30

Total                                                                         

20

Total

70

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Fishburn A., (1988) Soft furnishings for the bedroom, London, BT Batsford Ltd.
  • Cargil, K., (1996) Cushion: soft furnishing work books, (London), Ryland Peters & Small Publishers.
  • Black, J., (1995), Cushion and covers, London, Ward Lock Wellington House

 

References: 

E-Resources:

Academic Year: 
2022-23
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