SURFACE ORNAMENTATION

Paper Code: 
GPM- 103
Credits: 
02
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  1. To impart skill in embroidery & surface ornamentation.

2. To enhance the designing skill and their application on apparel.

Unit I: 
Course Content:
  1. Introduction and collection of motifs                                              2 hrs
  • Floral, geometrical, traditional and abstract
  1. Repeat and its types:                                                                        10 hrs
  • One way, two way, half drop vertical and horizontal
  • Enlarging and reducing designs
  • Colour schemes
  1. Study of basic hand embroidery                                                     16 hrs  
  • Flat – Running, Back, Stem
  • Looped – Chain, Feather, Button hole, Lazy daisy
  • Cross – Simple cross, Herringbone
  • Knotted – French Knot and Bullion Knot
  1. Introduction to Fashion Maker and Computerized Embroidery     8 hrs
  • Running, Round, Satin, Velvet
  1. Other Ornamentations                                                                              9 hrs
  • Quilting  
  • Patch and Appliqué Work
  • Shirring
Essential Readings: 
  1. Reader’s Digest, A Complete Guide of Sewing, The Reader’s Digest Association Ltd. London.
  2. Denner, Creative Quilting for Home Décor, Crown Trade Paperback Publishing 1999
  3. Nordan Mary., “Decorative Embroidery” Reader’s Digest Association, New York 1997.
  4. Singer, Decorative Machine Stitching, CyDeCosse Incorporated Publisher Minnesota 1990.
  5. Jane Bolsover, Sewing School Basics, CICO Books, London, 2014.
References: 
  1. Crill, Rose. Mary, Indian Embroidery, Prakash Book Depot, New Delhi 1999
  2. Dhingra., Embroidery, Dhingra Publishing House 1998.
  3. Harmony, Quilting & Patch Work, Lyrics Books Ltd. 1992.
  4. Chris, Rankin, Creative Smocking, Contemporary Design Traditional Techniques, Lark Books Asheville 1997
Academic Year: 
2019-20
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